Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

The more you spend time with a character, the more you see different nuances of that character.

Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance because it's all a metaphor for the existence of our being.

Before Fringe I was in Dirty Sexy Money playing Jeremy Darling who was this bratty New York socialite.

I think everyone thinks their family is insane, and every family is insane. There is no real normal.

I could have been on a path that led to different, more traditional teen romance, and 'Nip/Tuck' shook me loose from any generalization I might have been forced into. It helped me understand I wanted to take on things that were edgier, more challenging and riskier.

Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.