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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#i #never #political #political agenda #those

To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#different #different parts #emotional #explore #hide

Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#acting #actually #allows #creative #creative outlet

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

Before vampires were aesthetically appealing, they were physical anomalies and ostracized outsiders whom we banished to the dark, and they didn't have the appeal that they do now. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#appeal #appealing #banished #before #dark

I appreciate the response and the support of fans, of people who actually don't mind watching me on screen... I just don't ever want to jeopardize that. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#appreciate #ever #fans #i #jeopardize

I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No. ↗

— Ian Somerhalder

#controlled #does #environment #i #make

I was a late child from my parents, so I grew up surrounded by people a lot older than me. I think even when I was 21, I felt like I was a 70-year-old man. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#even #felt #grew #i #i think

If you're interested in how people behave, if you're interested in the way they talk about themselves, the way the conceive of themselves, it's very hard to ignore drugs nowadays, because that is so much part of the conversation. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#because #behave #conceive #conversation #hard

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