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

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

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.

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.

Read deeply. Stay open. Continue to wonder.

Words are a great influence in actions, feelings, and simply just the meaning behind it.

Alaric, go after her. Since Daniel forced the blood bond on her, Quinn has been different. Lost. She deserves better than for you to abandon her and, priest or no, you know it.

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

A loss, but who still mourns the breath of one woman, or laments one wife? Though my heart never can forget, how, for one look, she gave up her life.

Originally I wanted to be a diplomat, and by attrition I started giving up that idea.

If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.

It's amazing what we can get away with and what we can't. But it's not for me to decide.

Beauty, if you do not open your doors, takes age from lack of use.

My journey is so similar to everyone elses journey, because we all are human. We all have been defeated by the powers of darkness, and we all find redemption in the light of Christ.