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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
I thought a vegan diet would be too difficult, being on the road so much, but it’s been far easier than I thought. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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.’ Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
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. Michelle Forbes Read Quote
