Zombies are the new vampires.

When actors are the real deal, all that star whatever goes right out the window and you're there to tell a story.

My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station.

The way that being on the job works on your adrenaline highs and the crashes that come after the adrenaline highs. It really takes over your life.

When I was doing theater for all those years in New York, I did a lot of classical theater, wearing big corsets and big dresses and doing dialects. It's interesting that once I moved to TV, I'm playing these scrappy, contemporary toughies.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

I personally love a cliffhanger - I think it just extends the pleasure of viewing.