[filming Payne] That Was Also The First

You Really Have To Work Hard And Apply Yourself And By Applying Yourself And Working Hard And Being Diligent, You Can Achieve Success.

Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] Wasn't Darla In The Beginning, By The Way. Darla Was Just Vampire Girl #1. But I Just Started Adding A Little Bit Of Glee And Joy Into Everything She Did And Just Relied On The Fact That The Prosthetic Does The Work. And Then I Didn't Have To Be Scary. The Prosthetic Was Scary Enough. I Just Had To Smile And Show Off Darla's Really Great Dental Work.

I Didn't Really Know Who [dario Argento] Was At The Time. I Know Him Now, Obviously. But I Went In To Be An Extra On The Movie [two Evil Eyes], And He Saw Me Sitting Out Waiting To Meet The Casting Director, And He Pulled My Mother And I Into A Separate Conference Room.

As An Actor, It Made Me Realize A Really Important Lesson. I Didn't Have To Put Any Spin On The Ball As Rita [in Dexter]. All I Had To Do Was Speak. And There Was Such Simplicity In That As An Actor. With Debra, I Was Trying To Put A Square Peg Into A Round Hole, And It Just Didn't Work, But In My Mind, Because I Had To Work So Hard On It, I Was, Like, "oh, This Is Acting!" But That's Not Acting.

I Was 18 Years Old When I Did The Pilot [of Hi Honey, I'm Home], So I Was A Freshman At Nyu, And It Was One Of My First Professional Auditions In New York City. And I Somehow Booked The Job. I Have No Idea How.