Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions.

They [teachers] beat it right out of me. Or they beat it into me and educated it out of me. I don't know; that's an interesting question. The Catholic schools required work, so I think that may have been where the work ethic came from, in answer to the question of how my character may have been shaped.

I went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.

Every actor has their own method, so I'm not suggesting what works for me will work for everybody else.

I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. Aside from the science aspect of it, the philosophical possibilities are so interesting.

One of the great things about having been on Lost is people coming up and feeling so enthusiastic about the show and saying, "Oh it provided us so much entertainment," or "It inspired conversations."