Paul Wesley Quotes
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I played ice hockey obsessively for 14 years of my life.
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The thing I love about being an actor is the ability to travel and experience new cultures.
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'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.
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The majority of my family is in Jersey.
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I think the way a person dresses is an expression of their personality, and I appreciate a well-tailored suit and the work that goes into it. But when it comes to fashion, on a scale of one to ten, I'm a two.
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When I was 18 I was just absorbing everything around me: whatever happens, happens. I was so naive and willing to ride whatever wave life threw at me.
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When a show's already established, and a director comes to set, it can be quite the intimidating experience.
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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!
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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.
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I'm pretty neurotic.
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I'm a sucker for movie reruns. Anytime they're on, I can't leave the house.
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It's so funny: I sort of fell into genre roles, but I'm not really a genre guy.
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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.
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Love is something that is very personal to each individual based on where they are in their lives. It fluctuates and changes over time.
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I would hope that, for me, regardless of what happens in my career in the future, I always want to maintain a level of humility. I think it's so important to not lose yourself and to just understand that you're a conduit.
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I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always a tinge of empathy for that individual.
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I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties.
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I think the biggest advice I would give to any actor who's directing and also acting at the same time is don't even watch your coverage. You do a scene, and then, you know what you did; it doesn't matter what you look like.
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I'll fully admit that when I went to the movie theater and saw 'Titanic,' I cried afterwards.
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My wife made me a book of photographs she took of our road trip across the United States. Makes for a good coffee table book.
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Growing up in New Jersey, everyone wanted to be a tough guy. That meant baggy pants that fell down, big T- shirts, and chains. I couldn't imagine wearing tight jeans, as I thought it was dorky. Now I look at pictures of me then and think, 'Yeah, you looked dorky.'
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I've had cameos on some cool shows.
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I've always had issues with factory farming. That was always something that bothered me.
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Filmmaking is something that I'm really passionate about. Film, in general, is something that I'm passionate about.