I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

Painting is a hobby for me.

I believe over the last six years now, I've been learning in between actual acting moments on the show.

It's very hard to become an actor in film and television, you have to have such perseverance and you have to really believe that if you have any sort of talent at all, you will find work one day.

Maybe they say they do but I don't think many actors really enjoy trying to do a Shakespearean play.

When Xena finished I just really wanted to work with Shakespeare's material.

But on stage you're able to just take the character from one point to the end and it's a fluid, organic piece. It's about being completely present all the time, right there in the moment.