I carry about eight lip balms: Burts Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.

I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.

Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

For me, horror movies are a real escape.

The more you love something, the worse you tend to audition. If you don't really care about something, you kind of nail it.