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" 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. "

Luke Evans

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" I'd like to make a film musical. That's really my dream. "

" The fascination for the Great Train Robbery has never diminished. "

" In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting. "

" I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

Luke Evans

Time

Moments

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory. "

" I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing. "

" Miranda Kerr is absolutely lovely. "

Luke Evans

Absolutely

Lovely

" To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them. "

" If you train too much, it can rule your life, and I don't think that's healthy - for men or women. "

" I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it. "

Luke Evans

Bullied

School

" The percentage of people that go to drama college in the U.K. is probably just like anywhere in the world. It's a very hard business to work in. They say that, at any one time, there's only 5% of actors in the world that are actually working and getting paid, which is a shocking percentage, really. "

" Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide. "

Luke Evans

My Life

Man

" I certainly didn't want to make another movie that's 'just another Dracula film.' "

" 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. "

Luke Evans

Done

Comedy

" 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. "

" I don't think you should spend that much time in the gym. Don't sit around between sets too long. If you want to burn some calories, keep the sets tight. Give yourself 30 seconds to a minute between each set. Supersetting is brilliant. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals. "

Luke Evans

People

Heroes

" It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes. "

" When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch. "