I recognized that I had a window of opportunity that had opened because of my exposure as an actor.

I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really matter or be ultimately fulfilling unless you can be totally present in what you're doing right now.

Other actors are not my concern, and that's their life and that's their journey. Everybody has to get to a point in their own time and their own way.

The interesting thing about my character Sylar is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadow.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.