Quotes from Julie Benz

I read the script [Havenhurst] and I went to bed, but I woke up because somebody had knocked on my door. Or at least it seemed like somebody knocked on my door at, like, 4 in the morning.

I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband.

I trained 8 hours a day 7 seven days a week and I had 2 weeks off in a year.

I only knew basic western trail riding. Nothing fancy.

But I never worked with a northern horse before. They are very different from western horses.

And I'm not very coordinated, either. Only on ice skates, not in real life.

I think for me it was a natural transition to move full time into acting rather than figure skating.

Working with Dario [Argento] was a lot of fun. He's a larger-than-life character, and with an Italian accent.

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse.

There were a couple of years where I was skating and acting at the same time.

[Filming Payne] that was also the first time I worked with JoBeth Williams, which was also a case of not being the last time!

I just don't think [Payne] was the right time to do it, maybe. It was timing, not so much that it was executed wrong.

You don't realize how much a part of your character is part of yourself until you are no longer playing that character.

Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter.

I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games.

Everyone else trains just as hard as well and that there really is no such a thing as overnight success.

I love being challenged physically, as an actress.

I would love to re-visit Darla. I miss her. I really do.

I love doing sitcoms and I love performing in front of a live audience, so [Payne] was a really fun experience.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.

To us marriage is first, everything else is second.

Cause at the end of the day, honestly, at the end of the day when you're in your death bed and that's it, I think it's the relationships you've had and the people that you've touched and the people that have touched you that matter.

Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody understands the hours.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.