There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom.

I've done some stupid things. You just have to take responsibility, go, That was embarrassing, and move forward as best you can.

When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things.

Were kind of in our own cocoon making it. Every once in a while you stick your head up for a second, and you just cant believe how successful the show has become.

I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having.

I remember being really grateful that David Lynch had actually even thought of casting me, because I was a huge fan of his.

Most of my career I've spent really nervous. Just about work, getting work and having it in.