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We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.

I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.

I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'

Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.

You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.

I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.

I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.

Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?
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Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.

We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.

Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.

You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.

Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.