Quotes from Luke Evans

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

It's a lot of fun being dressed by designers and surrounded by publicists.

For my part, if the audience wanted to see Dracula again, I would be happy to reprise the role. It is an immortal character that can appear anywhere because it lies beyond time. Possibilities are endless.

A longbow takes a massive draw for the arrow to go anywhere.

If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a real location out on a mountainside or by a river. It's just easier because you don't have to imagine anything.

I was a weed. Such a skinny little weed. I just couldn't put on weight; I couldn't put on muscle. I was the oddest shape. And I thought that was it: that's how I'd look for the rest of my life. And I'd beat myself up about it so much. But you change an awful lot. You're 16. Your body's not even halfway to what it'll end up being.

I really loved 'Fast Five.' I thought it was a brilliant movie. I thought it was so well done, well directed. The action sequences were really well thought out. It looked fantastic.

I would love to be able to tap dance.

Every time you get in shape for a role, there's a different way to do it so it doesn't get boring.

Costume is a massive thing. I think costume makes you stand differently.

Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material.

I guess once you've been acting for a long time, you glean the great bits of good directors and the bad bits from other directors, and you know the way that you would like to be directed.

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.

I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

I always wanted to get into proper shape.

If you decide you want to work in the film industry, you just have to bite the bullet and take other jobs until the proper jobs come in.

I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.

I moved to Cardiff when I was 17 and never needed a car. When I came to L.A. for my first job there, I needed a car, so I had to pass my driving test.

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

I think it's a slippery slope to fabricate a different life.

People come up to me in pubs - gay pubs, mind you - and can't believe that I'm gay.

I think sandals should be burnt. I hate them - purge them!