Ian Somerhalder quotes - page 2

Ian Somerhalder is an American actor, model, and environmental activist best known for his role as Damon Salvatore on the television series "The Vampire Diaries." His performances have earned him numerous fans around the world and several awards. He also actively supports environmental causes and co-founded the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. Here are 51 of his quotes:

You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.

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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.

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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.

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I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

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I kind of think too much, I try do too many things at once.

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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.

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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

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My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.

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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.

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I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.

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Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.

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Lack of time and money create really bad green practices.

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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.

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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.

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I can't let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.

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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.

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Maybe one of the only things I do well: I cook like a maniac! I would be a chef if I weren't an actor.

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Kids are meeting in coffee shops and basements figuring out what's unsustainable in their communities. That's the future.

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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.

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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.

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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.

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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.

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