I rarely watch TV, and in the past two years, I've done three TV shows. It's quite interesting.

I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.

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

Dracula isn't just another vampire show. It's something entirely different that I personally feel I've never seen on American TV before.

When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula."

I think it's a blessing that the show [Dracula] is on a network because it forces everyone to use their imaginations and be creative. The power of suggestion comes back. So, in the sex scenes, no one is ever fully naked, but I feel the suggestion is so much sexier.

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