Ian Somerhalder

“I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.”

“I've sorta learned that I'm so tired of taking myself so seriously. It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.”

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

“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.”

“When you're really close to someone, they can make fun of you a lot and get away with it. But they sort of poke you in all of the right places.”

“What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.”

“I aim to direct as much as I act at some point in time.”

“You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.”

“Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.”

“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.”

“Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.”

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

“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.”

“They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.”

“I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.”

“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.”

“Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts — it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every choice you make, you are voting either for or against the kind of world you wish to see. When you assume this as a way of being, your choices become easier. Using a reusable water bottle, recycling and making conscious daily consumer choices are just a few…”

“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.”

“No one knows what women want!”

“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.”