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" As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius you are, if you don't have the propensity to be able to get back up every time you get knocked down, then you're not going to survive. "

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" There was a time when I wanted to be a lawyer, or even a professional triathlete... But nothing could come close to the passion I have for acting. "

Ryan Kwanten

Passion

Lawyer

Time

" I like to have a hectic schedule. "

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Hectic

Schedule

" I was a terrible loser growing up. I took it far too seriously. There were water works if I lost. I would go home and break it down in angry detail: How did I lose? What could I do next time? "

" I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters. "

" Sleep has never been a priority in my life. "

" I'm not a big fan of the gym, I do lots of outdoor aerobics - yoga, swimming, running - but I kinda hate talking about it. We have a term in Australia, it makes you sound like a wanker. "

" Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks. "

" I make about two movies a year outside the 'True Blood' schedule. I work on a great show six months a year, then outside that I get to satisfy whatever creative urges I have. It's a great position, especially for a single guy like me. "

Ryan Kwanten

Movies

True

" I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first. "

" I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else. "

Ryan Kwanten

Doing

Teeth

" I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness. "

" Everyone is being told by society to talk this way, to dress that way, to be this person or to be that person, and it's so important to just maintain a sense of self. "

" Ambition is a very good quality to have. Ambition and the competitive spirit go hand in hand. "

" I'm definitely an elbow-room guy. "

Ryan Kwanten

Guy

Definitely

" I love acting, so it's easy when you have a passion for it. I've always found the harder you work, the luckier you get. "

" That's something lacking in a lot of modern-day families - just talking. It's almost a lost art form. "

" I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay with you eventually, not necessarily the genre. I go to watch a film because of the story, not because it was a Western or a comedy. "

Ryan Kwanten

Good

Hope

" I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads. "

" I'm fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water - my pulse and heart rate are slower in the water than they are on land. "

" I've been known to turn up drunk at triathlons and do very well. I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually not an abundance of thought goes into my doing it. "

Ryan Kwanten

Thought

Friend

" I'm somewhat of a masochist at heart. I like to sweat. I come from a very competitive sporting background - my dad was a world-champion surfer - so it's always been a part of my DNA. I do a lot of soft-sand running, hiking, yoga, and boxing, and I compete in triathlons. "

Ryan Kwanten

Heart

Sweat

" In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can't give her that. So, rather than being selfish or stupid enough to go into a relationship, it's just been easier to be single. "

" I moved to L.A., and people said that I would never find work, that I would never find good friends, and I feel like I was fortunate enough to find the work, but it wouldn't mean anything unless I had a group of people who could appreciate it. "

" I'm not really comfortable with who I am to be honest. I feel more free to step into the shoes of somebody else. There's always an element of me in there but, you know, if you give me a script and some clothes I can do anything. But, as Ryan, I'm a bit of a recluse. "

" I like exploring the mystery of a relationship instead of laying it all out on the table at the beginning. "

" I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen. "

" I used to get a sort of sociophobia, and I still get it sometimes these days when I'm in a confined space with too many people. It's not like I freak out or anything, it's just that I'm far more comfortable in my own company sometimes than being surrounded by one thousand strangers. "

" My mum is about five foot with her hair done. Without it she's about four foot 10. "

" One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five page monologue to give off the feeling of what he could say with just a single look. "

" My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes. "

Ryan Kwanten

Love

Shoes