Quotes from Paul Wesley

The majority of my family is in Jersey.

I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn, and I would skip class to shoot my scenes.

I don't ship anyone. I really don't. I'm not a shipper, but I'm all for men duking it out for a chick.

If I wasn't a writer/director, I would be an investigative journalist. There's something about being an undercover journalist. I mean, that's freakin' cool!

I'm pretty neurotic.

I have no interest in watching myself act.

What doesn't confuse me about what women wear? When it comes to women's fashion I'm so oblivious. I have no idea what's going on.

I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.

'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.

The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.

With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're playing the same character. No matter how compelling it is, it starts feeling pretty monotonous.

Love is something that is very personal to each individual based on where they are in their lives. It fluctuates and changes over time.

I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties.

The thing I love about being an actor is the ability to travel and experience new cultures.

I've had cameos on some cool shows.