Leonard [Nimoy] was such a teacher for me. He was one of the most fully realized human beings I have ever known on every level - in his personal life with his personal relationships and his love for his wife and his evolution with his family. Then as an artist, as an actor, as a writer, as a poet, and as a photographer. He never stopped.

I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.

I want to be working with directors who are at the top of their game. I want to be raising the bar for myself, and to me, the best way to do that is to prove to them that I'm the best for this job.

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.

[Edward Snowden and his team] they're great characters. They're fascinating people. They were in an extraordinary situation.

We're living in an increasingly nationalistic, xenophobic time, and you can see it reflected in societies all over the world.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.