About Julie Benz
Julie Benz is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (1997–2004), and as Rita Bennett on Dexter (2006–2010), for which she won the 2006 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress and the 2009 Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
![“[Filming Payne] that was also the first time I worked with JoBeth Williams, which was also a case of not being the last time!” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/julie-benz-7666_cases_filming-payne-that-was-also-the-first-ti_2017060.jpg)
![“[Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt] pushed me out of my comfort zone [in Buffy The Vampire Slayer ].” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/julie-benz-7666_buffy-the-vampire-sl_joss-whedon-and-david-greenwalt-pushed-m_2929431.jpg)
![“[Dario Argento] would yell at you in Italian, and I'd have no idea what he was saying. I'd just go, "Okay!". But it was a really great experience [filming Two Evil Eyes ].” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/julie-benz-7666_evil_dario-argento-would-yell-at-you-in-itali_2793132.jpg)
![“Working with Dario [Argento] was a lot of fun. He's a larger-than-life character, and with an Italian accent.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edf/julie-benz-7666_accents_working-with-dario-argento-was-a-lot-of_1431476.jpg)
![“No one ever asks me about Breeze O'Rourke! I did the pilot for[Payne] right after Jawbreaker, or at least right around the same time, and it was an Americanized version of Fawlty Towers. That was the first time I worked with John Larroquette, and it was definitely not the last time.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/137/julie-benz-7666_ask-me_no-one-ever-asks-me-about-breeze-o-rourk_1894743.jpg)
![“Playing Amanda [in Defiance] was a wonderful opportunity for me. She was strong, dynamic, a complete badass, not defined her relationship with a man. She could hold her own. I really loved her.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1be/julie-benz-7666_amanda_playing-amanda-in-defiance-was-a-wonderf_1267926.jpg)
![“I originally read for the roles of Debra and Rita [in Dexter], because they didn't know what direction they were going in, and I worked so hard on Deb, because I just wanted to swear. I wanted to say all those nasty words. That was it: "I want to swear on television!".” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/julie-benz-7666_hard_i-originally-read-for-the-roles-of-debra_1921268.jpg)
![“I didn't really know who [Dario Argento] was at the time. I know him now, obviously. But I went in to be an extra on the movie [Two Evil Eyes], and he saw me sitting out waiting to meet the casting director, and he pulled my mother and I into a separate conference room.” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/julie-benz-7666_casting_i-didn-t-really-know-who-dario-argento-w_1898820.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/i/536/julie-benz-7666_acting_darla-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-was_423148.jpg)
![“I didn't tell anybody [had got a role at As Good As It Gets], because I was just going, "Well, that was the strangest audition..." And I just thought, "There's no way he gave me the job on the spot when there was a room full of other girls waiting to audition for it." But then I didn't hear…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83d/julie-benz-7666_agents_i-didn-t-tell-anybody-had-got-a-role-at_716863.jpg)
![“[Dario Argento] speaks very broken English - he's Italian, so I'm going to do a very bad Italian impersonation - but he asked me my name, and I told him, and he goes, "Walk across the room." He looked at me, and he said, "Do you want to be in my movie [Two Evil Eyes]?" I was, like, "Yeah! Yeah, I…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/julie-benz-7666_backgrounds_dario-argento-speaks-very-broken-english_1924326.jpg)
![“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/i/ee9/julie-benz-7666_bits_darla-from-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-wasn_797502.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/i/1bb/julie-benz-7666_audience_it-was-fun-to-play-that-surreal-high-sch_298061.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/i/02d/julie-benz-7666_casting_i-worked-so-hard-on-that-role-of-debra-i_133545.jpg)
![“I went in for an audition [for As Good As It Gets], but the audition was with James L. Brooks. I was the first girl in that morning, and there was a whole waiting room of girls waiting to read for it. So I did my audition, and he asked me to step outside. So I stepped outside, and when he asked me…” quote by Julie Benz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/julie-benz-7666_auditions_i-went-in-for-an-audition-for-as-good-as_2954427.jpg)
