I had known Sarah since we worked together on All My Children. We worked together for about two and half years, and we had kept in touch through the years when she moved to Hollywood and began building her career from that point.

I had actually started watching [Buffy] because of Sarah, because I was a fan of her movies. I kept on watching the show because it was, well, it's silly hearing from a cast member that they think their show's brilliant, but it really is. We have a great team of writers, we have a wonderful ensemble cast, and it's really a great team effort on all parts.

I kept in touch with Sarah through the years, and because Buffy had become my real favourite show, I had always tried to think of ways for me to guest star on the show, and I heard about the call one day. Sarah was always very supportive.

The funny thing is that our creator and executive producer Joss Whedon had been creating Dawn for about two and a half years, and there had been previous mentions of her all through the seasons of Buffy. Actually, I believe in the third season, one of the characters says, "Three hundred and something", which is the number of days from that point that I would appear on the show. Which is awesome.