There are these little towns outside of L.A. Once you get an hour and a half, two hours out, you get into these little, tiny towns that are almost like stuck in time.

I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

I am kind of giant … on (the True Blood) set.

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say.

I'm an average guy. I wasn't the dude who was gonna sit at the stage and dump all my paycheck into the girl.