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You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

I've never been on a TV show for more than a season and you have to continually keep it interesting and you have to keep it connected, even as you change.

Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.

I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much.

Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now.

The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.

I mean, there are some amazing storytelling being done on the small screen right now. That's what so cool about being in television right now. Studios, networks are starting to throw more resources, better writers, more production values... and to be part of that is awesome.

There are certain places in the world that are kind of energy vortexes, which are phenomenal.

The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.

Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.

I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.

I grew up as a country boy.

I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.

I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.

I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.