“A plant-based diet has actually simplified my life in so many ways. For breakfast, I try to get my first serving of fruits and nuts for fuel. I'm completely addicted to coconut water for the electrolytes and hydration.” WayTryingFirstsWaterPlantFruitDietsFuelServingBreakfastNutsCoconutsPlant Based DietHydration Author:Michelle Forbes
“I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it's been far easier than I thought.” Would BeDifficultEasierDietsVeganVegan Diet Author:Michelle Forbes
“I’ve discovered a new affliction; it’s called Orphan Black Eyes. When people ask me what I’m working on and I tell them Orphan Black…they usually clutch a part of my body and their eyes go wide and a little crazy. People are MAD for this show. As am I.” PeopleLittlesShowsBodyEyeAsksBlackCrazyMadWideAsk MeAfflictionOrphanClutchCrazy PeopleBlack Eyes Author:Michelle Forbes
“As an actor, you want as much variety as you can muster up. Otherwise you just keep playing the same chord over and over again.” WantActorsVarietyChordsMuster Author:Michelle Forbes
“I've been watching 'Game of Thrones,' and I can't wait for 'Bored to Death' to come back, it's one of my faves.” I CanGamesWaitingBoredThronesFaveBored To Death Author:Michelle Forbes
“One of my last few vices is coffee, but with a spot of almond or soymilk, it's never tasted better!” LastsVicesCoffeeSpotsAlmonds Author:Michelle Forbes
“Pears are my favorite fruit! Reminds me of childhood.” ChildhoodFruitMy FavoritePears Author:Michelle Forbes
“So often in TV, when you have an antagonist who's supposed to be the 'big baddie,' it's so easy for them to become cliched.” BigsEasyTvsSupposed To BeAntagonist Author:Michelle Forbes
“There's a feeling of immortality you have in youth. You just don't see the dangers around you, or, if you do, maybe you're even excited by them.” IfsFeelingsDangerYouthExcitedImmortality Author:Michelle Forbes
“At one point I had a stretch where it was working on 'In Treatment,' then 'True Blood,' then 'Durham County,' then 'True Blood,' then 'In Treatment' again. If I didn't have that little dose of 'True Blood' in the middle, I might have lost my mind.” IfsMindLittlesMightLostBloodMiddleTreatmentCountyDoseDurhamLost My Mind Author:Michelle Forbes
“Everyone always wants to talk about 'True Blood' and 'Battlestar Galactica' - no one's even interested in 'Durham County.' It blew my mind when I came to Canada and no one asked me about the show. So many people didn't even know about it. They didn't even know it was on the air! It's very curious to me.” PeopleKnowsWantMindShowsAirBloodCuriousCanadaCountyDurhamBattlestar Galactica Author:Michelle Forbes
“For whatever reason, every project I do becomes sort of a cult, or a cultish show, you know, like 'Battlestar,' or even a film I did years ago, 'Kalifornia,' people refer to it as a cult film.” PeopleKnowsYearsReasonShowsFilmProjectsYears AgoCult Author:Michelle Forbes
“I did a show called 'Wonderland' a few years back, and I was fortunate enough to spend a full-on two weeks - I'm talking 13-15 hours a day - with the doctors and patients at Bellevue in New York. That served me well for 'Durham County.” YearsWellsTwoEnoughShowsHoursTalkingWeekNew YorkDoctorsPatientFortunateTwo WeeksCountyWonderlandDoctors And PatientsDurham Author:Michelle Forbes
“I had so many offers after 'True Blood' for things that were someone in the same vein, but nowhere near Alan Ball's vision. Or something that was over-the-top and fantastical. And I've always wanted to play the regular, working-class mom, and I've never really had the chance to do that.” PlayWantedChanceVisionClassBloodMomOffersBallsWorking ClassVeinsOver The Top Author:Michelle Forbes
“I try to keep things as varied as possible in my career, and after playing something as fun and over the top as Maryann on 'True Blood,' I wanted to find something antithetical to that.” TryingWantedFunCareersBloodOver The Top Author:Michelle Forbes
“I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this age of television and weren't astounded, and saying that, I'm still shocked that that was on network television.” KnowsStillsAgeKnow HowFansTelevisionGrewGrew UpMassiveTwinsShockedAstoundedTwin Peaks Author:Michelle Forbes
“I was deliciously happy filming True Blood. I even kept all the scripts in my office, which I never do with any script. Although I did shred them all in one go when the series finished; it seemed like a ritual, somehow.” BloodOfficeSeriesScriptsFinishedRitual Author:Michelle Forbes
“I've never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects you want to explore, or sometimes it's just a momentary fancy.” WantLooksDifferentSometimesActorsPlansSubjectsFancyMomentaryDifferent Subjects Author:Michelle Forbes
“If you look at some shows that have an ugly feel to them, or a nihilistic sort of feel to them, you'll usually find a group of cynical, unhappy, miserable people behind the production. If you see a show that's rather boring, or a cookie-cutter factory show, you'll usually find some pretty uninteresting, boring people behind it.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksShowsBehindsGroupsProductionsUglyBoringUnhappyMiserableFactoriesCynicalCookiesCuttersMiserable PeopleCookie Cutters Author:Michelle Forbes
“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.” DifferentWholeAgeBloodModernBallsSeriesCreatorMythologyVampirePostsDifferent ThingsUpside DownSookie Stackhouse Author:Michelle Forbes
“It's a wonderful thing working with young actors. I know a lot of people don't like working with children. I actually adore it, because you watch their imagination open up and you watch them start to learn this job that I've been doing for so long. They come with such a lack of cynicism.” PeopleKnowsChildrenLongJobsYoungActorsImaginationWatchesWonderfulCynicismAdoreWonderful ThingsYoung ActorsWorking With Children Author:Michelle Forbes
“People ask me what the appeal of 'True Blood' is and I think there are so many answers to that question, but I think that when there is so much excitement for what you do there is no way that that doesn't become palpable and comes shooting out like bullets.” PeopleThinkingWayAsksAnswersBloodAppealsShootingAsk MeExcitementBullets Author:Michelle Forbes
“That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I grew up with.” ThinkingGrewGrew UpSmartVeinsCountyDerivativesDurham Author:Michelle Forbes
“When I did 'Battlestar Galactica' it was the first time I really understood science fiction. That was a very political drama, but set in spaceships so people didn't really take it seriously. But some really fascinating things were explored in that.” PeopleFirstsPoliticalFictionDramaUnderstoodFirst TimeScience FictionFascinatingSpaceshipsBattlestar Galactica Author:Michelle Forbes
“When I do watch shows, or projects that I've been a part of, I'm pretty good at watching them objectively. And that's mostly because I want to see how it came out overall, what the overall story was and how it came together visually, what my mates were doing.” WantStoriesShowsTogetherWatchesProjectsMates Author:Michelle Forbes
