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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.

When I First Auditioned For Dexter... Well, I Was Sent The Script, And I Read It And Loved It, And I Knew Right Away That It Was Going To Be A Hit Because It's The Type Of Programming That I Like To Watch. It's That Very Morally Ambiguous Thing Where You Find Yourself Rooting For Someone Who's Really An Awful Person, But... Is He Doing Good? You're Constantly Calling Into Question Your Own Moral Code. I Love That As An Audience Member.

It's Really Interesting - I Wanted To Become An Actress When I Was Young Because I Wanted To Do Romantic Comedy. And I Did A Lot Of Comedies Very Early On, But Then My Career Took Kind Of A Left Turn With Joss Whedon, And I Discovered That Doing Genre Work Is Actually More Interesting As An Actor, Because The Given Circumstances Are More Extreme. And It Really Is Creatively More Challenging.

[dario Argento] Speaks Very Broken English - He's Italian, So I'm Going To Do A Very Bad Italian Impersonation - But He Asked Me My Name, And I Told Him, And He Goes, "walk Across The Room." He Looked At Me, And He Said, "do You Want To Be In My Movie [two Evil Eyes]?" I Was, Like, "yeah! Yeah, I Do!"he Goes, "okay! You Play Betty!" And I Was, Like, "oh, I'm Playing An Extra Named Betty! Great!" So We Walked Out, Thinking That I Was Playing An Extra Named Betty, No Lines, Just Background.

I Think For Me It Was A Natural Transition To Move Full Time Into Acting Rather Than Figure Skating.