The fact that 'True Blood' affects people in this way is incredible to me - the fact we have to go to such great lengths to hide storylines just proves the cache our show has.

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get.

I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen.

As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive.

I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.

I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.