We shot [Hi Honey, I'm Home] on location in Orlando, Florida, so I was there by myself. And I remember I was late one day, and Gale Gordon pulled me aside, and he said, "Honey, when it says you have to be here at 10 a.m., you need to be here at 9:30." And ever since, I've always been a half-hour early to my call time!

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.

I'd been doing comedy up that point and hadn't really done a lot of drama, and then all of a sudden he casts me as a 400-year-old vampire from hell. It was, like, "What?!"

I'm fortunate that I've been an athlete, my whole life, and I work out like a crazy person.

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse.

Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with a man. She could hold her own. I really loved her.

[Filming Payne] that was also the first time I worked with JoBeth Williams, which was also a case of not being the last time!