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" 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. "

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

" Singing seems to be inherent in Filipino, just as it is in my race. That's why I have this affinity with Filipinos. "

" I don't carry off 'quirky.' "

" I love to sit down on a beanbag at the end of the day and watch my fish. It's therapeutic, isn't it? They're alive, and I'm keeping them alive. I like the responsibility. "

" 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. "

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

" Gemma Arterton in 'The Master Builder' at the Almeida - she was absolutely brilliant. Ibsen is difficult and quite hard to follow, but she just brings the stage to life. "

" I always wanted to sing, as a child. "

" I felt alive when I read a script and acted out a scene, or sang a song. It was my dream. I'm just very lucky that I'm still doing it and able to earn a living from it. "

" A guy's biggest style mistake is definitely trying to look too cool. As long as you've got a good pair of jeans, a good pair of boots and a few good shirts, you're fine. "

" My mother did like to make clothes, and in I think the worst picture I've ever seen of myself - I must have been eight or nine - she'd dressed me in a matching t-shirt and Bermuda shorts ensemble which I think looked like somebody had thrown up all over it. I was so glad when that sewing machine stopped working, I have to say. "

" I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one. "

" Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it. "

" My trainer is with me all day. We train before I come to work, and then I just keep training all day. "

" I don't see enough theatre. "

" The gym is somewhere you can go to just forget for an hour what you do for a living, what you are doing on a daily basis. You just turn up and get on with it. "

" In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs... and it'd be great to share them with someone else. "

" You don't want to play the same roles or do the same genre. "

" From the big mountains in the north to the valleys in the south, all through my childhood and teenage years, my family would always holiday in Wales. "

" It was never really part of my plan to be in films; it was really sort of a dream. "

" I've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done. "

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

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

" It was very weird because for a long time no one really recognised me from my films, but 'The Hobbit' has totally changed that, and I've had some really special moments, especially with youngsters. "

" People want to hear your stories about these wonderful experiences you have, and that's what press tours are for. "

" I think the best directors provide you with a safe environment where they can instill you with confidence and allow you to try things out and not feel like you're failing or that you're doing it wrong. "

" I just love the sound of a black woman's voice. "

" In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema. "

" 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. "