I was a mod when I was a kid. I’d be in Italian pencil-leg trousers with those bowling shoes you wear outside and a Fred Perry polo shirt with a V-neck sweater. It was like an Essex uniform – a very specific look. – Stephen Moyer
I’m an English boy. I played a lot of sports growing up, but I never had any kind of workout regimen. – Stephen Moyer
Film and theater are about misdirection and making the audience see something. I find it interesting. One of the things we do in ‘True Blood’ is shoot all of our stunts in camera. Instead of doing some kind of visual effect, we try to make it happen. – Stephen Moyer
I was the classic liberal, left-wing, ‘Theater is going to change the world’ kind of person. You know, very, very boring. – Stephen Moyer
When you play a character you have to ask yourself, ‘Can I make sense of what’s happening here? Is this authentic?’ – Stephen Moyer
There are lots of procedural shows that I love, but I never really wanted to be a doctor on ‘E.R.’ – which I’m just picking as an example – or be on a crime procedural. – Stephen Moyer
I often think a lot of women’s attraction to vampires is based on the fact that vampires come from centuries ago, from eras of chivalry and courtly virtues. – Stephen Moyer
Vampires are so old that they don’t need to impress anyone anymore. They’re comfortable in their own skin. It’s this enigmatic strength that’s very romantic and old-fashioned. I think it goes back to something of a Victorian attitude of finding a strong man who’s going to look after his woman. – Stephen Moyer
Conflict is drama, and how people deal with conflict shows you the kind of people they are. – Stephen Moyer
A film that I love is ‘Raising Arizona’ and that’s funny but it’s quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I’d love to do something like that. Who knows? – Stephen Moyer
The interesting thing about ‘True Blood’ is that its appeal is not contained to teenage girls. I get stopped in the street and questioned by 70-year-old men whose wives and daughters are making Bloody Marys and throwing ‘True Blood’ parties. – Stephen Moyer
It’s so funny when you’re actually directing because things start popping that you don’t expect to pop, and something that you think is going to pop, maybe doesn’t quite have the impetus that you thought it might. – Stephen Moyer
I wear lots of Junk de Luxe sweaters, Cult of Individuality jeans – which are about the best for me – and Fiorentini + Baker boots. With fashion I’m good on jeans and boots. Ask me about anything else, and I’ll just look at you doe-eyed and not understand what you’re talking about. – Stephen Moyer
Even if you know that what you’ll say will hurt a woman’s feelings, I’ve learned that it’s better to be truthful with her than it is to cover up. Ultimate honesty is what a relationship is really about. – Stephen Moyer
In London I had pear trees in my back garden, so I’d make my own pear and green tomato chutney. – Stephen Moyer
You know, men would much rather run away than talk about stuff, and my default setting has always been, ‘If you have an argument, walk out the door.’ – Stephen Moyer
I’m not a very violent dude, and if something can be settled without any physicality, I’m always in favor of that. But if somebody comes near my kids, the atavistic crazy lion comes out. – Stephen Moyer
