Quotes from Luke Evans

Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing.

I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy.

I come from a country that lives and breathes rugby, and I didn't think there would be anywhere else in the world that could be the same. But New Zealand takes it to another dimension. It's extraordinary how much passion Kiwis have for the game.

Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.

I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.

I understand, certain scenes have to have a lot of takes. As an actor, I think it's quite nice to have a handful of takes, because you don't want to do it once or twice; I think once or twice sometimes is quite terrifying because you don't really feel like you've given them what you want.

Sometimes I comment, but you have to be careful because if you do it for one, everybody wants you to say something.

I don't necessarily pay extreme attention to what I wear on a daily basis, but I do love to wear something special for an important occasion or when I feel happy.

I look in the mirror, and I don't mind what I see.

When I'm training hard, the diet is miserable.

I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life.

I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'

My style is determined by the mood, the period and the circumstances which I'm going through in a given moment.

I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough.

The truth of the matter is roles like James Bond are the ones that I look up to as probably the best roles ever to play. So that's probably my ultimate goal one day: to play James Bond.

A watch is a fashion statement, and it says something about the person wearing it.

I had a very difficult upbringing.

I've always had quite long canines. It's a very strange thing. My parents don't have them.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

Before the 'Fast & Furious' promo in Manila, I went on a vacation in the Philippines 10 years earlier. I loved it. My 'Miss Saigon' friends showed me around.

Vampires were always able to transform into creatures of the night. The dark creatures like bats have always been associated with vampires and using the darkness to their own advantage.

If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day.

For your own self-respect and sanity, your creative freedom, you have to be careful that you don't rely too much on other people's opinions of what you do because it can stunt and inhibit you.

I'm very, very close to my mum and dad. My mum is only nineteen years older than me, so she could be my older sister, which is really nice.