Ian Somerhalder
Ian Somerhalder
Ian Joseph Somerhalder is an American actor, model and director. He is known for playing Boone Carlyle in the TV drama Lost and Damon Salvatore in The CW's supernatural drama The Vampire Diaries...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 December 1978
CityCovington, LA
CountryUnited States of America
Ian Somerhalder quotes about
jobs eye looks
Nina Dobrev makes my job easy, its hard not to melt when she looks at you with those doe eyes.
acting enough-time directors
You spend enough time on set as an actor and it's great when a director was at some point an actor or understands acting. They're able to finesse performances out of you that a lot directors can't get.
home animal oil
Very little makes me feel vulnerable these days. I hit my absolute apex of vulnerability when I returned to my home state of Louisiana, during the Gulf oil spill disaster, and witnessed mass devastation to every demonstration of life surrounding me - from grass, trees, bayous, insects, to animals and people - we all felt demolished.
waste film amount
The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
issues doubt matter
Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
grandchildren able way
My great-grandchildren will not be able to enjoy the Gulf Coast of Louisiana the way I have.
powerful trying way
More than ever, it's very apparent that we are strapped for natural resources. We configure and reconfigure to try and find a way to maintain natural assets, when, ultimately, we are overlooking the most abundant, dynamic, and powerful resource we have available to us - our youth.
years want clear
I just want to make it clear that I have been working since I was ten years old.
louisiana coast
I'm from the gulf coast of Louisiana.
ideas mind alternatives
The youth have a prodigious talent for inventing progressive ideas and alternative courses of action that elude the jaded, in-the-box minds of worn-down adults.
cat three rescue
I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats.
cameras ten has-beens
I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.
empowering tools world
If we take our youth seriously, provide tools to strengthen their natural prowess, and empower them to make the changes they want to see in the world, then this planet and her creatures have the chance to heal and flourish.
struggle fall love-is
Love is tested in so many ways. How do I articulate this? Two people are together. There are stakes, strife, struggles, all these things that make us fall for someone, love someone even more, leave someone.