People.com Entertainment TV 'True Blood' 's Jim Parrack Admits It: He Drinks Real Blood "I guess the best way to put it is, sometimes I just like the way it tastes," says the actor By Emily Strohm and Julie Jordan Julie Jordan Instagram Twitter Julie Jordan is an Editor at Large for PEOPLE. She has been with the brand for 25 years, holding various roles in the Los Angeles Bureau including Associate Bureau Chief. In 2006, she relocated to the Midwest where she continues to cover all things entertainment and Hollywood, including celebrity covers, features and specials such as Sexiest Man Alive and the Beautiful Issue.Prior to joining PEOPLE, Jordan freelanced for magazines such as SOUTHERN LIVING and graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She is well-versed in what it takes to be the Sexiest Man Alive (having interviewed 11 of them for their cover stories) and considers shooting a confetti cannon on-stage alongside Garth Brooks during his performance of "Friends in Low Places" a career highlight. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 18, 2014 04:00 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Araya Diaz/Getty Too much time around vampires? That may be the case for True Blood actor Jim Parrack, who recently admitted he like to indulge in drinking a bit of real blood. After mentioning this at the opening last March of Broadway’s Of Mice and Men, Parrack confirmed he wasn’t kidding when he reiterated his taste for blood in a recent interview with Vulture. “I was being literal. I like the real deal,” the actor said, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s quenching his thirst every day. “Maybe a couple times a year? It’s more like on an impulse,” he said. “When you make me spell it out like this, it sounds strange, but I just want to be clear – that night, I was being literal. There was something about that night where I had that impulse. I guess the best way to put it is, sometimes I just like the way it tastes.” While he may drink human blood, the actor, who recently split from his wife of six years and is now engaged to Hunger Games actress Leven Rambin, is choosy about whose Type A he will throw back. “I’m absolutely particular,” he says. “It’s not like it’s just anybody’s! That particular night, it was my girl. Yeah.” And the reason behind his blood-drinking habit? It’s simple. Sookie Faces a New Danger on True Blood “I guess for the same reason some people want alcohol? Or, for the same reason some people want, I don’t know milk? Or Kool-Aid,” he says. Still, Parrack keeps it in small doses. As he insists, “I don’t mean copious amounts of blood. I’m not getting a glass of it or something. But if you drink it, it does something to you emotionally. It’s hard to describe. It’s like you’re in the moment, and the impulse comes, and I like it.” Want more stories like this? Sign up for our newsletter and other special offers: sign me up Thank you for signing up! Jim Parrack and Leven Rambin Are Engaged