Joe Manganiello

Acting was my first love.

— Joe Manganiello

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.

— Joe Manganiello

I am kind of giant … on (the True Blood) set.

— Joe Manganiello

I'm a nerd. But I'm not that hard-core.

— Joe Manganiello

I'm an actor that cares.

— Joe Manganiello

I'd rather be a liar than an asshole.

— Joe Manganiello

I mean, I feel like I've been pretending I was a werewolf since I was a little kid.

— Joe Manganiello

Once you become famous, being single becomes a liability.

— Joe Manganiello

Well, if I hadn't have been an actor I would have gone on to play college sports.

— Joe Manganiello

Sometimes people say things they don't mean, and you just have to let it go.

— Joe Manganiello

I had a fan make me a silver wolf-tooth necklace. That was really great.

— Joe Manganiello

I wake up at the same time every day to get to the gym.

— Joe Manganiello

What's funny is that male strippers don't wear thongs anymore. They wear flat backs.

— Joe Manganiello

Doing theater is like walking a tightrope without a net.

— Joe Manganiello

Well, being 6' 5', pull-ups are my nemesis. I have really long arms so I have to do twice the work of…

— Joe Manganiello

When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were…

— Joe Manganiello

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

— Joe Manganiello

I did [Henrik] Ibsen and [Anton] Chekhov for years. Obviously I didn't get the kind of recognition I have now. Somebody once…

— Joe Manganiello

There are these little towns outside of L.A. Once you get an hour and a half, two hours out, you get into…

— Joe Manganiello

I'm glad that I lost, I'm glad that I failed, I'm glad that I felt that way and decided to do something…

— Joe Manganiello

I got to L.A. in 2000, when we were coming off the '90s: women looked like men and the men all looked…

— Joe Manganiello

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say.

— Joe Manganiello

I wanted to work with somebody who seemed like he came from the same place that I did, which is that total…

— Joe Manganiello

In the age of camera phones and screenshots and Twitter… At the end of the day, I want to share my life…

— Joe Manganiello

We've all had those phone conversations. Things are heated, you're in a position where you're gonna say something nasty. Instead, you say,…

— Joe Manganiello

So if its a good project Im going to do it, and if my shirt is off in it then Im going…

— Joe Manganiello

I got picked on a lot in elementary school until my father told me to hit back...I never picked on kids but…

— Joe Manganiello

I quit because that thing inside of me that was driving me to drink that way was causing me so much pain…

— Joe Manganiello

I actually met Carrie Fisher a couple of years ago. When I told her that she was my first crush, she insisted…

— Joe Manganiello

I think there is a lot in Magic Mike that would have been applicable for this season of True Blood. I definitely…

— Joe Manganiello

I started working in clubs at age 16, so it is all a story about the club life. About picking the sex,…

— Joe Manganiello

I think drama school I was aware because I think the high school I went to was a bit sheltered, a bit…

— Joe Manganiello

I was shooting What to Expect When You're Expecting in Atlanta with Chris Rock when this script came in. And I was…

— Joe Manganiello

My schedule on 'True Blood' has kept me from the big action movies. There's been serious interest in me for big action…

— Joe Manganiello

Ive written stuff before, and Im actually looking to put together a couple of producing projects that I hope to shoot during…

— Joe Manganiello

Im not the kind of guy whos going to go out to a club and go dancing. Im just not really that…

— Joe Manganiello

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

— Joe Manganiello

I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.

— Joe Manganiello

I think you can be athletic and intellectual at the same time.

— Joe Manganiello

I was single long enough, and when I was, it wasn't about putting notches in the bedpost.

— Joe Manganiello