Morning routine: Rutina Wesley, aka Tara from 'True Blood'

Juilliard School grad Rutina Wesley — who plays Tara Thornton on HBO’s “True Blood” — is back in New York starring in the play “The Submission” at MCC Theatre.

Q: How are you woken up in the morning, and how would you like to be woken up?

A: I wake up to my alarm clock, but I would rather wake up naturally.

Q: What’s your favorite breakfast food?

A: Kellogg’s Almond Cereal with vanilla almond milk.

Q: What’s the first thought you have when you wake up in the morning?

A: “Ahhh, another day. I’m alive and healthy.”

Q: What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed?

A: Bathroom break.

Q: For a vampire visiting New York, how do you think they’d start their “day”?

A: With a nice drink of New Yorker blood.