When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

I'm a nerd. But I'm not that hard-core.

The best love advice I've ever received is probably, 'I'm not leaving the relationship; I'm just leaving the house.'

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