There are a lot of people on death row, and I`m trying to convey that sense of a man knowing his due date,

It`s a very depressing, sad kind of place. It just adds to the atmosphere of the show.

The other guy`s skull came apart, ... There was shanking and all that kind of stuff going on. You weren`t allowed to have [chicken] drumsticks because they just turned the bone into a shank.

I`ve been here for five years, maybe four. I was doing `John Doe,` and I was working ridiculous hours on that, and I was speaking American all day and then I`d get home and speak Australian and I just felt so exhausted by going back and forth that I just decided to speak it all the time. Now I just speak American.

It seems to be the second coming for Fox, ... They`re throwing everything into this thing. And it`s great that they are. It`s a great, great story. ... It reads like a high-concept feature film.

I`ve been here for five years, maybe four. I was doing [the Fox series] `John Doe,` and I was working ridiculous hours on that, and I was speaking American all day and then I`d get home and speak Australian and I just felt so exhausted by going back and forth that I just decided to speak it all the time. Now I just speak American.

Whoever it was that set me up wants me in the ground as quickly as possible,

You have to believe in hope, not only from an acting point of view but also from an audience perspective.

I think that`s one of the central themes for [the character] Lincoln,

It`s a very depressing, dark place, ... And the walls are just stained with sadness.