I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.

I can't play a character that I am judging.

I go to a lot of museums, I read a ton of poetry - anything that's a creative expression of oneself, I find really inspiring.

With any character, I try to focus more on who the character is and how they got to be who they are.

The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.

I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.

There is no substitute for a real location when you're trying to shoot the jungle. You can't just go anywhere. You've got to go where it's lush and green and there really is those mountain ranges, the trees and the ocean.