Nowadays, everything is so gratuitous. The violence is suggested, and it's much more impactful than showing everything.

I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.

On network, you have limitations for how raunchy it can get and how violent it can get.

As the show [Dracula] goes on,Jonathan Harker gets darker and darker, and further into that side of it all. All of the worlds end up colliding and meshing together.

There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.

I haven't ever seen a period drama that has a fantasy element to it, that's set in London, that's as lavish as it is, and that's made for American TV.

You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.