Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are.

I'm an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen.

In London I had pear trees in my back garden, so I'd make my own pear and green tomato chutney.

The interesting thing about 'True Blood' is that its appeal is not contained to teenage girls. I get stopped in the street and questioned by 70-year-old men whose wives and daughters are making Bloody Marys and throwing 'True Blood' parties.

If my missus is there and she approves of the person I get to bite boobs - and necks.

I was shocked the first time the paps got me in America - when a video camera is put in your face and you're asked questions and 15 people are walking backwards taking your picture. I was coming out of a pizza shop and had my daughter with me.

I often think a lot of women's attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues.