I started working in front of the camera for the first time when I was 15 years old. I joined a soap opera. We filmed in Brooklyn and I would skip class to shoot my scenes. It was terrifying and I entirely self-conscious in front of the camera.

I don't mind only kissing Nina Dobrev

I don't ship anyone. I really don't. I'm not a shipper, but I'm all for men duking it out for a chick.

Stefan would be so great for her, because it's just so annoying watching those two on screen all the time!

As everybody knows, chicks dig the vampires.

With each new character, I find something new about myself that I didn't know before.

I wasn't some weird loner in school, but I definitely wasn't invited to any of the cool parties. Girls didn't like me that much -- I didn't even go to my prom.