I never really considered acting as a career until I moved to New York..

I think Dexter is a man who ... a part of himself is very much frozen, or arrested in a place that is pre-memory, pre-conscious, pre-verbal. Somethin….

There are no secrets in life; just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface..

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special..

Dexter's a unique killer in that his father saw his dark impulses, shined a light on them, and told Dexter that he saw them, he accepted them, that D….

For me, it was more a dramatic shift to go from the stage to the screen..

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me..

Honestly, I think some of my family members of a certain generation were more skittish about me playing a gay character on Six Feet Under than watchi….

I think we're really - we're doing a really great job doing our show, and other shows are doing a great job doing theirs, and we'll just see what peo….

As time passes, I feel more and more a sense of acting being a fundamental part of who I am..

My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying..

I'm very focused on "Dexter" right now. I want to make it as good of a show as we can..

I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populati….

I don't think closeted homosexual morticians have the market cornered on self-loathing or sense of shame..

I like to think I am well-mannered. If I have the option at a breakfast place, I'll go with the grits. That's how Southern I am..

Marriage, children-you never expect it to end in tragedy. Unless you're me..

I have this dream where Little Chino keeps showing up at my door. I would have to kill him even though I was at home trying to have a nice meal with ….

Sometimes men present a swagger that suggests a prowess, whether it's sexual or financial. L.A. seems to be a place where trying too hard is almost a….

I certainly know there are people in positions of power in the business who lack imagination and, perhaps as a result of that, think of me as 'David'….

I mean, the competition is really created by the buzz around the Emmys. It's a totally subjective thing..

It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting..