Quotes By Ian Somerhalder

Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.

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.

I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.

I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.

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

We're made up of energy, so who's to say you can't transmit through electrical means? If you could transmit yourself wirelessly, then it's Armageddon pretty much.

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

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

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.

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

You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.

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

I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.

The coming together of like-minded individuals through action is what's needed to see wide spread change for us, our planet and its creatures.

I can write with absolutely perfect penmanship with my feet. If I broke both my arms, I could still write a girl a love letter using just my toes.

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.

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

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.

I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.

No one knows what women want!

I don't care how hot a girl is - if she doesn't like animals, it would be a major, major problem.

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

I'm not a negative person.

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

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.

A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.

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

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

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.

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.