A Heroes Star's Secret Identity

And now you have more than 15,000 followers.

They just started finding me. I talk about the projects I’m doing, but I’m hoping to do it in an interesting and creative way. I don’t want people to think I’m taking advantage of Twitter. I want people to send me something fun, interesting, or funny. Don’t try to take advantage of it—let me do that, that’s my job. [Laughs]

It’s fun to put something out there and get a reaction. I was at a restaurant the other night and the waitress asked what I wanted to drink, so I sent out “What should I drink?” and got 500 Tweets telling me what to try. So I had a ginger ale with vanilla vodka.

So are you going to ask fans which film role to take?

You never know. It’s interesting—these are the people who care about following what I’m doing. They know my career and it’s interesting to see it from that perspective. So far on Twitter I haven’t found any lunatics. They’re all smart people who send a quick response back and are hopefully honest.

Twitter is an example of how you can get people communicating and talking. I’m launching a website called Talkaboutit.org and it’s all about getting the awareness out about epilepsy. We’re just about to do these PSAs with 40 huge stars and it’s going to be a big deal when it launches.

Kara Cutruzzula is a culture reporter at The Daily Beast and recent graduate of UCLA.