Ian Somerhalder Quotes
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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.
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Acting definitely makes me feel so remarkably alive.
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I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.
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You cant get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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Social media is changing the world, and we're all here whitnessing it.
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Ideas need collective thought.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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Thirty years ago, if you wanted to start a campaign against or for something, you had to print flyers, you had to make a million phone calls. Remember presidential campaigns and stuff? It was a very laborious thing. Now we can literally talk to each other in a nanosecond.
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Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts - it starts with a shift in consciousness. This shift allows you to recognize that with every choice you make, you are voting either for or against the kind of world you wish to see... When you assume this as a way of being, your choices become easier. Using a reusable water bottle, recycling and making conscious daily consumer choices are just a few of the ways our incredible cast is green.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.
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Sleeping with a witch would probably be pretty interesting. I hear that, and I understand that.
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We ultimately have to find truth in the material, and I think that transfers onto the screen. Obviously there's varying degrees of it, and we don't get it right all the time [laughs], but I think when it feels grounded, it's because we recognize the truth in the material.
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Men have an important role to play in sending out the message that real men do not hurt or abuse their partners.
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Commitment is making a choice to follow through or to honor. Engagement and guarantee - we all love guarantees in life. Making a commitment, whether it's for something like climate change or to my family, or even to my fans - what that means to me is, whether on paper or verbally or spiritually, making a promise to guarantee that I will fulfill whatever agreement we have.
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It's not who you know, it's who you don't know.
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They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It's the same way with women... or at least the ones I want to be with.
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I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.
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I grew up as a country boy.
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The world is so tremendously spectacular that every visual, sense, and sparked connection swells my unrestrained passion for life. I find I feel this the most when I am immersed in nature and sliding into the bloodstream of the wilderness.
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I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.
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Why are we deforesting for pulp and paper when we have a logical and efficient solution in plants like kenaf or bamboo? It doesn't make sense to me at all.
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Love has so many unique yet consistent forms.
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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.
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What we're doing to the planet is inexcusable.
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Our Animal Sanctuary initiative has many layers. We are aiming to create a place where abandoned and bullied creatures come together with bullied youth. We feel that bullies have leadership abilities, albeit these abilities are totally skewed and misdirected.
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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.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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