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Vampires are a genre now.
I listen to a lot of 'Ave Maria.'
Jack Nicholson is a hero of mine.
I thoroughly enjoyed working on 'Immortals.'
Interview with a Vampire' made vampires sexy.
'Interview with a Vampire' made vampires sexy.
I love The Walking Dead. I’m a massive fan of that show.
I love 'The Walking Dead.' I'm a massive fan of that show.
I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!
I loved working with Mickey Rourke. He's a wonderful kind of crazy.
What's weird is to hear someone else talking about your mannerisms.
You know, I’m fan of women in general. I don’t want to discriminate.
I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.
We're trying keep 'The Originals' in the same world as 'The Vampire Diaries.'
I know Charles Michael Davis. I used to play poker with him when I lived in Los Angeles.
I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.
I'm self-conscious in photo shoots. I much prefer to do interviews and talk about the work.
I grew up reading 'Lord of the Rings' and comic books, so that kind of epic quality I like.
You Can Meet Someone Who Can Change Your Life In The Space Of A Year, In The Space Of A Month Or A Week.
When you're indestructible, then nothing is a threat really. So nothing needs to be taken that seriously.
I thought about how I'd play a vampire for awhile because I grew up watching vampire films and reading books.
I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.
I wanted to only do one season when I came onto 'Vampire Diaries' because I thought there was only so much to explore.
We moved to Wales when I was quite young, but we frequently visited the rest of my family, especially my mother's side.
It feels good to be awake, knowing others are asleep. Makes you feel like the night is not for everyone, just a chosen few.
You never want to play too vampiric or generically evil, so you look for emotions or character traits that you can relate to.
There were a lot of fan-made trailers for 'The Originals.' The fans sort of decided it could be a show before anyone else did.
There's an actor in the TV show 'Prison Break,' Robert Knepper, who plays a violent sociopath, and he's just incredible in that role.
There’s something kind of rewarding about playing the hurricane. My job is to create drama and chaos and there’s a lot of fun to be had doing that.
I think that it's possible to have someone who is an anti-hero, who does tear hearts out and break necks, and you can still relate to him on a certain level.
My best man was my best friend of almost 20 years, Matt Ryan. He actually plays John Constantine on the new NBC show 'Constantine,' but we've been friends since we were teenagers.
I wanted to branch out into American television, specifically because you get to develop a character for a longer period of time and you get to develop a relationship with the audience.
If I could separate 'The Originals' from 'The Vampire Diaries' in a nutshell, I'd say that 'The Vampire Diaries' is more coming-of-age, and we're more these monsters reveling in who they are and what they are.
'The Vampire Diaries' is a great show, but it's on the verge of being overcrowded. The amount of characters, a lot of them don't get screen time because there's so much to put in, and it has to center around the love triangle.
I loved Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the Dead' and '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later.' I would love to be involved with a film that shows the breakdown of society and a small group of survivors in a world that has crumbled. That's something I would like to explore.
There seems to be a feeling we need Klaus to be in 'The Vampire Diaries,' surely and partially because of the Klaus and Caroline dynamic, but many people love the character. They want to see more of the character, but people really have a tendency to fear the unknown.
It's always more interesting when you're doing things with someone you like because you're much more open to suggesting things. Also, it's fun. It's like if you're sitting with your mates and you're bantering, or you're winding each other up and insulting each other in a playful way, but having fun with it.
If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.