Tell us about working with Jess Walton (Jill)…

"Jess is one of the pillars of the show and this is the first soap I have ever done. I have done a lot of other things but not a soap. It is an extraordinarily, technically speaking as an actor, difficult. People like her and Peter Bergman (Jack), Jeanne Cooper (Kay) and Eric Braeden (Victor), all of them are masters at this. Because I am new to this and I get to work with them, I am very grateful. It helps a lot! All of them are consummate professionals and that has been great for me. I get to come in and be all about work. That's the way I like it!"

You started out working with Peter Bergman. When did you find out that you would be given a romantic storyline?

"You assume that when a new guy comes on that he will be, eventually, some fodder for some relationship so it was just a matter of time. At first, they were playing with the idea of me with Eileen Davidson (Ashley) on the show and then she was gone. Then there was a period where they didn't know what to do with me and then they paired me with Jess and it took off. I think right now there isn't enough background story to dislike him so the fans seem to be open. I am not sure where they are going to take him, but as long as it isn't a stereotypical Asian type, I am willing to go along with the ride. I'm game. Hopefully, they will keep expanding."

Bad guy or good guy?

"Lately, I have been used to playing a lot of bad guys on primetime shows but I try to not to make moral judgments about their character, instead I make a judgment based on their agency. To me, it is important that whomever I am playing is good at what they do, whatever it is, whether it is businessman, lawyer or killer. I want him to be good at what he does. It is not interesting to me, as an actor, to play a morally bankrupt person. It is more interesting to play a morally bankrupt person who doesn't know they are morally bankrupt. That's interesting! The bad guy that thinks he's the good guy. He really believes he's the good guy. In his world, he's the crusader! Luckily, with this character, we haven't seen a side that is that dark yet."

Working with Eric and Christian?

"The scenes where Victor and Michael (Christian LeBlanc) turn the tables on Ji Min and blackmail him were great! It was great to lock horns with each other. When we finished it, we were all three delighted. I can't wait to do more scenes with Eric and Christian. It is like boxing, you really feel like you can get in there and mix it up."

What has the transition to daytime been like for you?

"I have to be honest and the regularity of it is great! I am so used to going in, doing a scene and then you're out. Here, you go in, it's the same crew, who are phenomenal by the way. I talk to them. The sound guy, for instance, did a couple of films with Ingmar Bergman, one of the great filmmakers of our time, and here he is sitting in the booth at The Young and the Restless. They have these stories, the cast and crew, that only comes with the regularity of working this kind of schedule. Theater is similar but this is much more gratifying in that way. I love being exposed to this audience. It is a new demographic that I have never played to and it is very mainstream. I am very grateful to get a taste of that rather than just going in, doing my scene and leaving. I like that the fans are so committed to the show."

Have you had any fan encounters?

"I was in Vancouver finishing a part on a space series (Stargate SG-1), which also has very rabid fans, drinking and celebrating with friends. We were laughing in a taxi cab, with no indication that the guy recognized any of us, and as we were exiting the cab, the driver says to us 'you guys have a safe time and, by the way, no more colluding with Jack Abbott' and he drives off! This guy was a burly, Canadian mountain-man type guy, who didn't say anything the whole ride and then slipped in that little blurb about Y&R at the end. I just laughed my a** off, imagining him sitting at home watching the show and remembering me! That was funny."