Quotes by Joe Manganiello

About Joe Manganiello:

Joseph Michael "Joe" Manganiello is an American actor, director, producer, and author. He played Flash Thompson in the Sam Raimi directed Spider-Man trilogy and had various recurring roles in television on ER, How I Met Your Mother, and One Tree Hill, before landing his breakout role as werewolf Alcide Herveaux on the HBO television series True Blood. In 2011, he was voted "Favorite Pop-Culture Werewolf of All Time" by the readers of Entertainment Weekly, and one of Men's Health???'??s "100 Fittest Men of All Time".
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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

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

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

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

Acting was my first love.

Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.

Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello

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

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

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

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

Joe Manganiello

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

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

I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the gym skinny at 15 or 16, and I was that way, too.

Joe Manganiello

I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.

Joe Manganiello

I come from classical theater training and when I went to college it was a bunch of kids that were hand-picked from around the world. I was around such brilliant young minds and incredible artists with incredible teachers.

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameJoe Manganiello
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, director, producer, and author
  • AliasesJoseph Michael Manganiello
  • BornDecember 28, 1976
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Television Director; Television Producer; Author