Paul Wesley

“I'm very close with my mom.”

“I'll fully admit that when I went to the movie theater and saw 'Titanic,' I cried afterwards.”

“I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.”

“When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me.”

“I like sunglasses, the bigger the better, but I lose about a pair a week.”

“The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.”

“I stay at home a lot by choice but go out a lot due to work. As I've grown older, the simple pleasure of sitting on the couch with someone you love and watching a documentary is about as good as it gets for me.”

“'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.”

“I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties.”

“With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're playing the same character. No matter how compelling it is, it starts feeling pretty monotonous.”

“I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn, and I would skip class to shoot my scenes.”

“Filmmaking is something that I'm really passionate about. Film, in general, is something that I'm passionate about.”

“I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.”

“Growing up in New Jersey, everyone wanted to be a tough guy. That meant baggy pants that fell down, big T- shirts, and chains. I couldn't imagine wearing tight jeans, as I thought it was dorky. Now I look at pictures of me then and think, 'Yeah, you looked dorky.'”

“I think the biggest advice I would give to any actor who's directing and also acting at the same time is don't even watch your coverage. You do a scene, and then, you know what you did; it doesn't matter what you look like.”

“My wife made me a book of photographs she took of our road trip across the United States. Makes for a good coffee table book.”

“Let's put it this way: if I were to direct a feature film, I would not be in it.”

“I think any girl would throw me under a bus to be within five feet of Robert Pattinson. I actually think he's an attractive guy. And I watched most of 'Twilight,' and I think he was really intriguing.”

“I've had cameos on some cool shows.”

“I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always a tinge of empathy for that individual.”