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A- I couldn't say. I've very much enjoyed playing both. They're very different characters. Playing David -- I spent five years of my life working on that show. It was a very big part of my life professionally and personally. But I'm having a really good time playing Dexter. He's a really interesting character, you know? He's, like, quite the onion. The layers are always there to peel off.

Q- When "Six Feet Under" ended, were you ready for it to end or did you wish it could have gone on longer?

A- It wasn't one or the other. I think there was a sense of closure that we all felt when it was over. I think more than anything I was just proud that [creator and executive producer] Alan Ball saw fit to end the show on his own terms and in his own time, and that the show ended in a way that was not only satisfying for people who watched it, but also for those of us who were playing those characters. We got to -- well, we got to die, frankly! We got to have a sense of closure that we wouldn't have had otherwise. I think that was part of what made it easier to say goodbye and move on.

Q- What were some of your favorite Raleigh hangouts when you lived there?

A- My dad and his two brothers played football at N.C. State, so when I was growing up, I spent a lot of time following ACC sports and going to games at Reynolds Coliseum and Carter-Finley.

Q- Did you have any jock tendencies?

A- I played football in high school. I played basketball -- it's more like I watched basketball. [Laughs] I played soccer in junior high. I guess I got to the point where the contact of soccer wasn't enough. I needed to collide. So I started playing football. I played tight end and outside linebacker.

Q- So you like to hurt people.

A- Or myself.

Q- Has your mother seen the show yet?

A- She's seen the pilot episode. She liked it.

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