Quotes from Joseph Morgan

We're trying keep 'The Originals' in the same world as 'The Vampire Diaries.'

If I could separate 'The Originals' from 'The Vampire Diaries' in a nutshell, I'd say that 'The Vampire Diaries' is more coming-of-age, and we're more these monsters reveling in who they are and what they are.

'Interview with a Vampire' made vampires sexy.

Vampires are a genre now.

'The Vampire Diaries' is a great show, but it's on the verge of being overcrowded. The amount of characters, a lot of them don't get screen time because there's so much to put in, and it has to center around the love triangle.

I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!

I've always had an incredible interest in the villains, which are a lot more fun to play.

There's an actor in the TV show 'Prison Break,' Robert Knepper, who plays a violent sociopath, and he's just incredible in that role.

I listen to a lot of 'Ave Maria.'