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" I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description. "

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" I'm not one of those superstitious people. "

" To be able to work with people who I have respected and admired, to be a part of something like the Cannes Film Festival, is surreal and brilliant. "

" Sometimes I eat at, like, 9:30 at night and then go to bed at 10:30 and wake up at 4:00. "

" 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. "

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

" Voices are always a challenge. I always have to work at each accent I do. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" In all honesty, I should have given up this acting lark years ago. "

" 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. "

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

" Peter Jackson is a wonderful man. He's a great director. He's found his niche in life. "

" 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. "

" I think sandals should be burnt. I hate them - purge them! "

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

" I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It's just hard to get an independent film made. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages. "

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

" When I didn't get a job, I thought, 'Don't worry, there'll be another one.' I still live by that now. Nothing really fazes me any more. "