"I'm six feet tall"... which totally explains why Tom Cruise played you...

[badfalcon]

You know that moment when you've read a favourite book so many times, that when you pick it up for a re-read, you can actually recite the first paragraph off by heart and you kinda sit there, holding the book and grinning like a loon?

No?
Oh, so that's just me is it?

I am the vampire Lestat. I'm immortal. More or less. The light of the sun, the

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[elebridith]

Not necessarily the first parahgraph, but my favorite quotes. Yup, loony grin. :-)
Also, is your entry title referencing Jack Reacher...?

[badfalcon]

Nope, the next line in the book is "I'm six feet tall, which was fairly impressive in the 1780s when I was a young mortal man" Lestat is six feet... Tom Cruise is, what? two foot nothing?

[elebridith]

Ah. ROFL! Yup, sounds about rigght!

[yanzadracan]

My Lestat was Stuart Townsend. The only reason I watched that other one was because of Brad Pitt. *G*

[badfalcon]

Neither of them are my Lestat *shakes head* I watched IWTV in the cinema, snuck in cos I was waaay under 18... my Lestat is in my head

[yanzadracan]

Always the best ones because they're perfect for us.

[twigletmoo]

Love that book! And in a way, I can imagine Lestat saying that he's 6ft, even if he's not.

I've never been really convinced of any of the film's characters matching those in my head though.

[elebridith]

*NODNODNOD*