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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.

Ian Somerhalder

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Ian Somerhalder
Age: 45
Born: 1978
Born: December 8
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Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Covington
Louisiana
Ian Joseph Somerhalder
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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My grandmother was this unbelievably smart, phenomenally cool woman and [soap operas] were just always on in her house. I just realized that I live in a soap opera, and it's awesome.
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We are the environment. The world is literally one biological process. The trees are our lungs. Look at the Amazon River system next to a human cardiovascular system, look at corals or trees and look at our lungs, you literally cannot tell the difference. They’re the same. So when we destroy our environment, we’re effectively destroying ourselves.
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Think about this: If water is the blood of our planet flowing through veinous rivers, streams, and into our oceans, what does that make coral? Our heart. We simply cannot survive without our heart therefore, it's mandatory we heal and protect our coral reefs now.
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Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.
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Oil is dead, on its way to extinction.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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All the women in my life have really made my life what it is, and I feel so fortunate, so whole because of them.
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It's the coolest thing - showing young, bright, and creative people that compassion and a compassionate life is the richest way to live. When you live that life, you create progress, productivity, and innovation.
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The quality of life is so much higher anyplace you can ski in the morning and surf in the evening - there's something to be said for that.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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