Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

When I'm training for 'True Blood,' I don't eat any sugar except for some fruit here and there. So it's no sugar, no bread, no real carbs all day.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

I was happier going back to my roots: training like men do in my hometown of Pittsburgh. Back home the guys in the gyms don't lift to look good; they're lifting to lift. They do it because they want to squat more and bench more.

Joe Manganiello
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 someone with short arms to get the weight up there.

Joe Manganiello
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
Joe Manganiello

Acting was the only place that I ever felt like I belonged so went for it with everything I had.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

It's tricky when I'm constantly traveling and adjusting to new time zones and trying to also keep up with my workouts.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys were tough. They were leading men, but they were also tough and physical.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

I wouldn't tell anyone to study werewolves - I studied wolves, how they moved, their tendencies and sensibilities.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

I mean 'One Tree Hill' had some rabid fans - you'd be surprised - they're almost in a class of their own.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

American comedies especially are all about these men being browbeaten by their wives and it's impossible for me to watch.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

I started working at clubs when I was sixteen, which is young. I would not want my kid doing that, but I did, and that's how it went.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

Matt Bomer and I went to Carnegie Mellon for drama together.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

Acting was my first love.

Joe Manganiello
Joe Manganiello

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