If you're offered something, you're not really sure exactly what is that they saw in you that they think is the character so it's a little scary, I feel.

I remember they did all the makeup tests on me for Darla... Sorry, for "the vampire." I was the test monkey for the vampire look, so I went through numerous variations of the prosthetics and camera tests before I actually got the job.

Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] was where I grew up. For me, Darla was like going to graduate school for acting. I learned so much with Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. They encouraged us to make creative choices with our characters.

When I first started I was always known as The Girl on the Sitcom with the Funny Voice.

I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do.

I have so many people come up to me, 20-some years later, and saying, "I loved you in Jawbreaker!".

I originally read for the roles of Debra and Rita [in Dexter], because they didn't know what direction they were going in, and I worked so hard on Deb, because I just wanted to swear. I wanted to say all those nasty words. That was it: "I want to swear on television!".