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" I work very, very hard, so when I do get the chance to go out socially, it's a relatively big night. I also have hobbies on the side, and quite often, one runs into the other. "

Ryan Kwanten

Chance

Work

Side

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Ryan Kwanten

Guy

Definitely

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" I'm very much a masochist at heart. "

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" I'm very rarely in the gym. My workouts are predominantly outside, in nature. "

" 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

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

" Australian women tend to tell it like it is - even if it's the brutal, honest truth. I think American women usually break it to you a little easier. There's a softer side to them. "

" I like to have a hectic schedule. "

Ryan Kwanten

Hectic

Schedule

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

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

Ryan Kwanten

Doing

Teeth

" I still take losing out very seriously. But it inspires me that much more to move on. Quite often in my business, it's not the most talented people that succeed. Because they don't necessarily have the tenacity to deal with rejection. "

Ryan Kwanten

Losing

Move On

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

" I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I'm undefeated in Scrabble. I can figure out an opponent's strategy and mold mine to offset theirs. I play a couple times a week, and I'll often play a game on my bed by myself against myself, which I realize sounds completely mad. "

" 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. "

" 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

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" I've been acting for a long time now, but as narcissistic as this sounds - and I don't mean it to sound - every time I see my name up there, there is real sense of pride. "