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Isn't that an odd philosophy for a vampire?

People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.

Vampires aren't made - they're just born that way, and no one knows why. They're sort of a race unto themselves.

Vampires are always going to be sexy.

I'm really kind of a vampire at heart.

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.

I love the 'Underworld' movies because the vampires aren't automatically evil, yet neither are they basically humans with fangs.

I don't like vampires personally. I don't know any.

I think with vampires, you can't really go wrong. For generations, vampires have been a hit because they're unobtainable, mysterious, sensual, dangerous, kind of sexy.

There were no vampires of note in Western literature until about the 18th century. But they tell us where we park our anxieties, whether its over-powerful women, death or damnation. We make our own monsters.