When you're working on something where there's usually one sex scene in the film, it all gets a little bit of a gray area and people get a bit uncomfortable and awkward. You just get through it. But, it became very clear on this that that can't happen. There can't be any gray areas on this because there are actors and actresses coming in for a day or a couple of days, as well as people who are there regularly.

I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

With vampires, there is such a great tradition that you suddenly find yourself a part of. Each generation reinvents what that means to them.

It's interesting that in searching for monsters to play you often end up playing leaders.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I have a daughter, and fairies meant a lot to her growing up.

I try not to pay any attention to clothes fascism and I'd rather be thought of as someone who has his own sense of style.