Quotes from Joseph Morgan

I've done a lot of period drama before. A lot of my jobs have been that.

We moved to Wales when I was quite young, but we frequently visited the rest of my family, especially my mother's side.

It feels good to be awake, knowing others are asleep. Makes you feel like the night is not for everyone, just a chosen few.

I thought about how I'd play a vampire for awhile because I grew up watching vampire films and reading books.

I know Charles Michael Davis. I used to play poker with him when I lived in Los Angeles.

I loved Zack Snyder's 'Dawn of the Dead' and '28 Days Later' and '28 Weeks Later.' I would love to be involved with a film that shows the breakdown of society and a small group of survivors in a world that has crumbled. That's something I would like to explore.

What's weird is to hear someone else talking about your mannerisms.

Dinner and a movie is pretty great.

You Can Meet Someone Who Can Change Your Life In The Space Of A Year, In The Space Of A Month Or A Week.

I thought I'd make a really great director because I'm an actor. Like, I thought I could really direct actors.

I think that it's possible to have someone who is an anti-hero, who does tear hearts out and break necks, and you can still relate to him on a certain level.

My best man was my best friend of almost 20 years, Matt Ryan. He actually plays John Constantine on the new NBC show 'Constantine,' but we've been friends since we were teenagers.

Tarsem Singh was such a fantastic director.

If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.

I've always been fascinated with everything behind the camera and in front.

I grew up reading 'Lord of the Rings' and comic books, so that kind of epic quality I like.

I loved working with Mickey Rourke. He's a wonderful kind of crazy.

When you're indestructible, then nothing is a threat really. So nothing needs to be taken that seriously.

I thoroughly enjoyed working on 'Immortals.'

I love The Walking Dead. I'm a massive fan of that show.

There were a lot of fan-made trailers for 'The Originals.' The fans sort of decided it could be a show before anyone else did.

You know, I'm fan of women in general. I don't want to discriminate.

I just have one brother, younger than me.

There seems to be a feeling we need Klaus to be in 'The Vampire Diaries,' surely and partially because of the Klaus and Caroline dynamic, but many people love the character. They want to see more of the character, but people really have a tendency to fear the unknown.