Yeah, I totally got busted, that was actually funny when we first started dating, months after that. We had talked I guess, or kind of bumped into each other, but we didn't start dating until she was single. I mean, she had a boyfriend at that time, so I probably could have got in a fight for doing that.I'm not trying to start a fight at the White House.

Joe Manganiello

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

Joe Manganiello

let-it-go mean people

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

Joe Manganiello

gym wake-up

I don’t think there’s any such thing as male objectification…I think that word exists only with women because there are societal pressures for them to behave a certain way and to look a certain way. Someone put it to me once: Women are sex objects and men are success objects. That was really interesting to me.

Joe Manganiello

men sex thinking

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 about it... I never wanted to feel that way again and it drove me.

Joe Manganiello

lost feels way

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

Joe Manganiello

notches enough long

Sex accounts for about 40 percent of your relationship, but if it's bad, then it's 60.

Joe Manganiello

accounts our-relationship sex

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

Joe Manganiello

werewolf tendencies study

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, "Oh, I've got that thing in the oven." Lie. Get off the phone. Don't perpetuate a bad situation.

Joe Manganiello

nasty phones lying

When I'd be out-and-about at a club and the music would come on, I was never the guy that was gonna dance. But after Magic Mike - I have like two or three go-to moves. That's what Magic Mike gave me.

Joe Manganiello

guy two moving

I actually met Carrie Fisher a couple of years ago. When I told her that she was my first crush, she insisted that we get married and have a reality show about it. I'm lucky to have made it out of that weekend without getting married.

Joe Manganiello

crush weekend couple

In the age of camera phones and screenshots and Twitter.... At the end of the day, I want to share my life with somebody, you know? I want picture albums. I want to look back at our time together. And I also want kids. And if you want kids, then you want marriage.

Joe Manganiello

the-end-of-the-day phones kids

I grew up a misfit. I never fit in.

Joe Manganiello

misfits fit grew-up

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

Joe Manganiello

littles mean kids

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

Joe Manganiello

giants kind blood

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

roots home men

Women do a lot of uncomfortable things for men - and I appreciate it all. I appreciate high heels. I appreciate thongs.

Joe Manganiello

appreciate high-heels men

The best love advice I've ever received is probably, 'I'm not leaving the relationship; I'm just leaving the house.'

Joe Manganiello

best-love house advice

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

Joe Manganiello

hard-core core nerd

I'd rather be a liar than an asshole.

Joe Manganiello

liars

Acting was my first love.

Joe Manganiello

first-love acting firsts