I've always really respected directors. As much as I was interested in acting, whenever I watched a film, it was always the directing that really stood out to me.

With all due respect to 'The Vampire Diaries,' doing the same thing, over and over again, for essentially five years straight, it really becomes laborious and tedious, and it becomes a job. You obviously find gratification in acting, but you're playing the same character. No matter how compelling it is, it starts feeling pretty monotonous.

The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.

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