Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

That's why, when Alias came along, I knew I'd be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.

I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.

When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.

I don't collect anything. I collect people, I think. I'm very social and I like seeing a lot of people.

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.