Ian Somerhalder Quotes

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.

I loved my career as a model, and that evolved into being an actress.

When I joined the industry, people were not very appreciative of models turning to acting.

I am going to branch out to acting and do more modeling.

Even though I played national level badminton, I told my parents when I was in 10th that I was not interested in continuing. Being a model or actor fascinated me from a young age, and I even did a couple of ads when I was just eight years old.

I got more mail than anybody on the history of The Today Show, but half of it was to get me off the air.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I started my career as an actor, but I've been a director for 15 years now.

I was an acting opera singer, and that's one of the reasons I left opera.

For some reason, I don't like the term 'model-turned-actress' - which is what I am, essentially.

Please don't compare me with Taher Shah. He is a joker, while I am an artiste - I am a model and an actress. Taher Shah comes, makes people laugh, and goes away. I work with a lot of honesty.

Acting is something I always wanted to try after wrestling, and I felt like this was a perfect fit.

I studied acting throughout high school, then modelling took over because it brought more opportunity. When I quit modelling, coming back to Vancouver, I registered at the University of Victoria.

I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV and film opportunities came along, but now I was just ready to come back.

Fashion gave me my start, and that will always be my home. I'll always be so grateful for all my collaborators and friends I've made there, but I'm so excited to dive head first into just being a working actor.

I went to the U.S. to start my modeling career at a very young age. So, venturing into films and handling the pressure isn't a big task.

Really, since I left Impact Wrestling - some people say controversially - I've been really laying low.

I decided to turn in my pompoms and focus on modeling.

Just as I was telling myself that I was a one-film actress, it all started to happen, both at home and in my career.

After 11 seasons, I retired from football. Four months later I was in Ghana shooting 'Beasts of No Nation' as an executive producer.

In between acting, I'm still going to be doing modeling and different ventures.

I would love to go do movies; I would love to kind of delve into other things. I did do acting and modeling before, when I was a kid, so it would be nice to use those things.

Being on 'Star Trek,' you have a funny relationship with fame.

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

One day, a photographer living in our building came up to my mom and asked her if I would like to model. After a few days, I was offered a Kannada film, 'Chiru,' which was a lot of fun. But I had to complete my studies, so I went back to college.