#so

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. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#close #fun #get #lot #make

As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#again #always #form #going #job

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

— Ian Somerhalder

#aim #direct #i #much #point

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#approximately #book #first #i #second

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. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#amazing #awesome #being #being done #better

I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#humane #i #lot #rescue #society

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. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#fascinated #i #i always #lot #mystique

I'm not a negative person. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#negative #person

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. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#change #connected #continually #even #i

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. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#every #great #i #learned #myself