Joseph Morgan Quotes

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.

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

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

Vampires were an excellent springboard. I still love them; they fascinate me.

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.

Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys.

It's cool to play a vampire and be a part of this new, hot genre.

You know, a vampire book is not a book to be the vehicle for big themes and stuff, where sometimes when you're dealing with art or the life of Christ or the oeuvre of Shakespeare, you know, it's a little more ambitious.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

Vampires, they're like the gift that won't stop giving. It's a good fruitful place to find comedy because they take themselves so seriously.

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.

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

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

Everybody loves vampire stories, and if there's one show in particular that's done really well, it just opens the door and the opportunity for more of those kind of stories to get through.

I'm a big fan of vampire movies generally and that sort of tradition of characters.

I'm into the vampire stuff. I think it's really fascinating and interesting. There's a lot of history behind all of that, and if you look into it, it's really interesting stuff.

I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.

Are vampires kinky? I didn't know.

I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.

Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.

I like vampires.

My favorite vampire movie used to be Bram Stoker's 'Dracula,' but now '30 Days of Night' took its place. I think it's brilliant that somebody would be so thoughtful as to put these vampires in a place like Barrow, Alaska, where there are actually '30 Days of Night.'

I was under the impression that if you've read one vampire series for young adults, you've read them all.

It's always been strange to me that someone can say they're a vampire fan. I'm not a non-fan, but it's such an unusual thing to be a fan of. That's like saying, "I love zombie movies! I just love 'em! They're my favorite!" That's more of a psychological problem than being an actual fan.