My BROTHERS were the ONES who TAUGHT me about mythology and STORYTELLING, and showed me how to do stop-motion ANIMATION.

When they first cast me, I was a pretty avid fan and vampire MOVIES and Celtic mythology, so I was excited to get a CHANCE to WALK in Doyle's SHOES and have fun with it.

In mythology and palmistry, the left hand is called the dreamer because the RING finger on the left hand leads directly to the HEART. I find it a very poetic idea. And that's why I only wear NAIL POLISH on my left ring finger.

In this AGE of VAMPIRES, what I LOVE about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' SERIES author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a LOT of different things.

The THING about TOURISM is that the REALITY of a place is QUITE different from the mythology of it.

I was DEFINITELY DRAWN to the mythology of one MAN, one VOICE, and one GUITAR.

I'm from NEW Orleans. There's a LOT of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to PLAY one.

In FAMILIES there is always the mythology. My FATHER died when my kids were QUITE young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person LIVES on.

There's this mythology that parents are supposed to be parents 24/7 and are supposed to be completely fulfilled by their kids. That's not the CASE. We NEED to MAKE our own passions a PRIORITY.

In the world of language, or in other WORDS in the world of ART and LIBERAL EDUCATION, RELIGION necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.

I'm really proud of being part of that WHOLE geek/chic, girl nerds, GLASSES are sexy and all of that because I think it's true. In America, I don't know about in other places, but there is this mythology about the way a WOMAN is supposed to be and look and ACT and that's what makes them sexy. And I love being the alternative to that.

Here's the deal with 'Bastard.' I loved that show, and for me, it was such a palate cleanser, going from WRITING URBAN vernacular and crime to, essentially, iambic pentameter. I loved the mythology of that WORLD based on HISTORY, but what it CAME down to was money.

Most of the MONSTERS... are based on some SORT of mythology. Every CULTURE and EVEN some geographical AREAS have monsters and mythology that is their own.

I KNOW a LITTLE about GREEK mythology. It's not that FAR AWAY from the Nordic mythology.