Julie Plec Quotes

Vampires to me have always been very sexy.

Vampires are always going to be sexy.

Vampires have become tragic or romantic figures. Vampire are largely seduction tales. They're no longer the scary creature in the dark.

I don't really know what it is about vampires that makes them such a powerful symbol, metaphor, whatever in people's consciousness. But I do know they're tremendously powerful. I mean, there's a vampire on 'Sesame Street.' And Count Chocula. I don't know why it's so powerful.

It's only in modern times that we have come to glorify vampirism.

To be in something as iconic as a Dracula film, and to be playing Jessica van Helsing, who would have been Dracula's choice for a bride, through history and beyond the grave, was a thrill.

Vampires have always been hot. They are one of our most durable monsters. It's one of those stories that galvanizes us early and it's always going on.

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

For me, Dracula has always been associated with travel and beautiful historical places.

I think the reason vampire movies have been so popular over time is that they share so many parallels with human beings.

I want to be a vampire. They're the coolest monsters.

I feel like I'm Dracula, dude, like, um... Nosferatu, you know.

Vampire? Such a provocative word, wrapped in too many clichés and girly novels.

I would dream. I focused all my attention on going to America. The subculture, James Dean, the rock n' roll, the beat writers.

I knew by heart all the dialogue of James Dean's films; I could watch Rebel Without a Cause a hundred times over.

The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.

Vampires used to be like Dracula, and now they're young teenage kids, so yeah, I like that.

Vampires are a genre now.

I'm from New Orleans. There's a lot of vampire mystique and mythology that resonates there, and I was fascinated by it. I always wanted to play one.

Vampires are so sexy and powerful - they're so otherworldly; they have eternal life and youth.

I happen to like vampires more than zombies.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

For my part, if the audience wanted to see Dracula again, I would be happy to reprise the role. It is an immortal character that can appear anywhere because it lies beyond time. Possibilities are endless.

I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

Vampires are super sexy.