During The Rehearsal Process I

It Was A Really Wonderful Experience [at Hi Honey, I'm Home Show]. I Loved Nick At Nite At The Time, And I Was Obsessed With Watching It, So Just To Meet Some Of The More Experienced Stars Of The Older Shows Was A Real Treat And A Thrill For Me.

I Was Sad The Show [payne] Only Lasted One Season. It Was A Big Undertaking. It'd Be Fun To Revisit, But It'll Probably Never Happen.

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.

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 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!".