Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Switching gears to your TV gig, you’ve said in interviews that this is going to be your last season of Buffy regardless of whether it continues or not. Do you still feel the same?

Yeah, I’m definitely ready. I am absolutely leaving at the end of the season. It’s just time. I’ve given this analogy of feeling like being a senior in high school; as much as I loved being a senior in high school, I’m really looking forward to being a freshman. That’s really where my head is except I’ve spent two years being a senior. [Laughs] I’ve been here going on my fifth year and it’s definitely time. You know, there’s really only so much you can do with a character and hopefully, I’ve kept [Anya] fresh. That becomes the big challenge in and of itself beyond complementing and enhancing the writing. At this point, the challenge really isn’t being a good actor but how to make her interesting. When it really becomes so much about that and you are really grappling with trying to keep things fresh, then it’s time to look at that and move on.