It feels good to be awake, knowing others are asleep. Makes you feel like the night is not for everyone, just a chosen few.

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

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'm self-conscious in photo shoots. I much prefer to do interviews and talk about the work.

You know, I’m fan of women in general. I don’t want to discriminate.

I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!

Vampires are a genre now.

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 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.

You never want to play too vampiric or generically evil, so you look for emotions or character traits that you can relate to.

The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what interests you and that you can do well and put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

If you think spreading money around by force seems like an odd definition of fairness, you're not alone.

I believe that writing for me is in a way like wisdom; in that as soon as you feel like you've got it figured out you stop growing and maybe even lose something.

The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.

To a valet no man is a hero.

I hate being in Los Angeles when it's football season. I want to be in New York. It just doesn't feel right if I'm away.

The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.

We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.

Every mind must know the whole lesson for itself,-must go over the whole ground. What it does not see, what it does not live, it will not know.

You lose your immortality when you lose your memory.