Dobrev: 'Vampire Diaries cast are family'

Nina Dobrev has said that she considers her Vampire Diaries castmates to be a "tight-knit family".

The actress revealed that the show's long shooting hours have enabled the stars to get to know one another well and grow very close.

"We spend every waking moment together. With the boys, with the girls, everyone," she told the National Examiner.

"It's just a chemistry that you develop with your family, when you see them and you get to know every single little thing about them because you see them in the morning, you see them at night, right when you finish work."

The star went on to say that the close relationships have even come across between their characters on screen.

"You know the in and out of the person, it definitely translates into The Vampire Diaries Complete Season 1 on DVDand onto the camera between the characters."

Dobrev and her The Vampire Diariesco-stars recently admitted that they feel pressure to make the second season as good as the first.