Deep Quote by Alexandra Cassavetes

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I can express things I have felt very, very deeply.

— Anne Rice

At some point in my life, I wanted to be in a vampire movie.

— Nelsan Ellis

As a child, I saw this beautiful film, Dracula's Daughter, and it was with Gloria Holden and was a sequel to the original Dracula.…

— Anne Rice

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

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'm a big fan of the older vampire movies.

— Josh Hutcherson

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

— Michael Sheen

A vampire is a flexible metaphor. You know, death, sex, change, stagnation, loss of self, loss of agency, having to keep one's real self…

— Kelly Link

I always thought of vampires, especially the young-adult ones, as a metaphor for sex - sucking blood, forbidden, taboo. I think they just ooze…

— Melissa de la Cruz

The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.

— Bela Lugosi

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

— Alexandra Cassavetes

It's easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group. It's also easy to look at them as…

— Alan Ball

I thought about how I'd play a vampire for awhile because I grew up watching vampire films and reading books.

— Joseph Morgan