When I First Started I Was Always

Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] Was Where I Grew Up. For Me, Darla Was Like Going To Graduate School For Acting. I Learned So Much With Joss Whedon And David Greenwalt. They Encouraged Us To Make Creative Choices With Our Characters.

I Got Cast In [punisher: War Zone] And Showed Up In Montreal Two Days Before The Film Started, And They Said, "we Need You To Do A New York Accent." And I Was, Like, "what?! Why Didn't You Tell Me This, Oh, I Don't Know, Two Weeks Ago, When You Cast Me?".

I Remember Reading An Interview That Anthony Hopkins Had Given About How He Developed Hannibal Lecter. He Said He Just Looked In The Mirror And, I Forget Exactly What It Was, But He Looked In The Mirror And Realized That When He Smiled, It Looked Creepy.

The Hardest Thing To Do As An Actor Is To Be Simplistic, And To Just Be.

I Worked So Hard On That Role [of Debra In Dexter]. And I Barely Worked On Rita. But I Read For Casting - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In For Producers." So I Read For Some Producers - Both Parts - And They Said, "that's Great, We're Going To Bring You In To Meet The Creator." And I Went In, And As Soon As I Walked In The Room, He Looked At Me And He Said, "oh My God, You're Our Rita!" And I Said, "no! I'm Deb! I'm A Total Deb!" "no, You're Rita!".