My experience of working on this show, even though there is so much about sex and sexuality, and we find out a lot of facts and statistics that are very interesting, in their own right, I found that I started talking about relationships more, and the emotions, the difficulties and the challenges. So, I became far more open about that, which I think is probably an indication with the show itself.

When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.

I perceive and relate to the world through where I grew up; that's part of me. It's what I judge everything else against.

I love watching Jeff Bridges act. He's brilliant.

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.

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality. The more fantastical characters, or fantastical worlds that they inhabit are really fun and allow you, in some ways, to tell stories and reveal things about our lives that would be harder to take, in a more realistic setting.

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