I was very keen on playing a victim.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I've hated you for the longest time, but I've loved you for longer." ~ Stefan #5 The Veil Series, Ties That Bind,

Truth with love is a lie

It [terrorism] happened because intelligence, leadership and police failures made it possible.

All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.

I feel like in order to challenge yourself you have to get out of and do things that feel wrong at first and find new things. It's important to look for those things.

Be as romantic as you please about love ... but you mustn't be romantic about money.

It's almost impossible to dislike me, because I do nothing.

They can kill the Kennedys. Why can't they make a cup of coffee that tastes good?

Under the ideal measure of values there lurks the hard cash.

When one is past, another care we have; Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.