I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.

Your strongest ally or your greatest teacher may be sitting within reach, unbeknownst to you.

I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.

Collaboration - the ultimate intertwining of skills, passions, and knowledge - is what concocts the most shatterproof forms of changemaking.

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

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.

I am seeing strength in the ability of artistic expression to change our future.