Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] wasn't Darla in the beginning, by the way. Darla was just Vampire Girl #1. But I just started adding a little bit of glee and joy into everything she did and just relied on… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I had the prosthetics on, and I went to my trailer, I looked in the mirror, and I smiled. And I was, like, "This is the character - everything she does is with a smile and a bit of glee… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I have so many people come up to me, 20-some years later, and saying, "I loved you in Jawbreaker!". — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
When they took me to do the camera test for the vampire make up, after they put the prosthetic on, I went though the… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I love doing sitcoms and I love performing in front of a live audience, so [Payne] was a really fun experience. — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I worked so hard on that role [of Debra in Dexter]. And I barely worked on Rita. But I read for casting - both… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
That movie [Jawbreaker] was so much fun to shoot. We were all in our mid-20s at the time, playing high school students. Which was… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
I loved working on that show [Defiance]. I mean, that show was brutal. We worked long, brutal hours in really brutal weather. — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
It was fun to play that surreal high school life [in Jawbreaker]. I was a huge fan of the movie Heathers. But I think… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
[ Angel series] really taught me that acting is not just about being emotionally challenged. It's about being physically challenged. And I enjoyed both… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] was where I grew up. For me, Darla was like going to graduate school for acting. I learned… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
Oh, well, in Los Angeles everybody is an actor, or a producer, or a writer, or a director, or an agent, or... So everybody… — Julie Benz Copy Share Image
![“Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] wasn't Darla in the beginning, by the way. Darla was just Vampire Girl #1. But I just started adding a little bit of glee and joy into everything she did and just relied on the fact that the prosthetic does the work. And then I didn't have to be scary. The…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ee9/julie-benz-7666_bits_darla-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-wasn_797502.jpg)
![“I had the prosthetics on, and I went to my trailer, I looked in the mirror, and I smiled. And I was, like, "This is the character - everything she does is with a smile and a bit of glee and joy." And that's how I created Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer]. Prior to that, I was, like, "I have no…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5b/julie-benz-7666_bits_i-had-the-prosthetics-on-and-i-went-to-m_1907475.jpg)
![“I love doing sitcoms and I love performing in front of a live audience, so [Payne] was a really fun experience.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/79e/julie-benz-7666_audience_i-love-doing-sitcoms-and-i-love-performi_10690.jpg)
![“I worked so hard on that role [of Debra in Dexter]. And I barely worked on Rita. But I read for casting - both parts - and they said, "That's great, we're going to bring you in for producers." So I read for some producers - both parts - and they said, "That's great, we're going to bring you in to…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/02d/julie-benz-7666_casting_i-worked-so-hard-on-that-role-of-debra-i_133545.jpg)
![“That movie [Jawbreaker] was so much fun to shoot. We were all in our mid-20s at the time, playing high school students. Which was the point. It was the point of the film to hire older actors to play high school students. But we had a blast.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d3/julie-benz-7666_actors_that-movie-jawbreaker-was-so-much-fun-to_154704.jpg)
![“I loved working on that show [Defiance]. I mean, that show was brutal. We worked long, brutal hours in really brutal weather.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6bf/julie-benz-7666_brutal_i-loved-working-on-that-show-defiance-i_248089.jpg)
![“It was fun to play that surreal high school life [in Jawbreaker]. I was a huge fan of the movie Heathers. But I think at the time - you know, when the movie was released, it was a very limited release, and it didn't do very well at the box office. And I love the fact that it has found legs and…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1bb/julie-benz-7666_audience_it-was-fun-to-play-that-surreal-high-sch_298061.jpg)
![“[ Angel series] really taught me that acting is not just about being emotionally challenged. It's about being physically challenged. And I enjoyed both aspects of that.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/57a/julie-benz-7666_acting_angel-series-really-taught-me-that-actin_338024.jpg)
![“Darla [from Buffy The Vampire Slayer] was where I grew up. For me, Darla was like going to graduate school for acting. I learned so much with Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. They encouraged us to make creative choices with our characters.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/536/julie-benz-7666_acting_darla-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-was_423148.jpg)
