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" 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

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Ryan Kwanten

Guy

Definitely

" I'm not the kind of guy that inspires madness in people. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in. "

Ryan Kwanten

Wants

Myself

" I'm not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

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

" 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. "

" There's a certain addiction to sweat, for sure. I'm not the same person without it. If I don't get my hour of exercise in every day, then I'm not the person that I want to be. "

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

" Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going to be an element in filmmaking. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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