People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

Honestly, I think some of my family members of a certain generation were more skittish about me playing a gay character on Six Feet Under than watching me play a killer.

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame.

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me.

So it's really nice after about a year and a half to get back on stage and flex those old muscles.

Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is almost a given. Some people are unapologetic about how blatantly they represent who they are through what they wear or drive. Subtlety is in short supply.