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" My style is determined by the mood, the period and the circumstances which I'm going through in a given moment. "

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" I had a role in 'Crossroads' when I was about 21, and then I went on to perform in 'Small Change' and then 'Piaf' in the Donmar Warehouse, London, and it was when I was there that some casting directors spotted me. "

" I think every role you take on, you should take on the responsibility of doing the best representation of that person or that character or that role. When it is a human being that has actually existed, and it is a person that people know of, yeah, you feel an even more amount of pressure to do a good job. "

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

" It's good for people to look at me and think, 'This guy is doing his thing and enjoying what he's doing and successful at it and living his life.' And that's what I'm doing, and I'm very happy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" If you're gonna start a story, you start from the beginning, right? "

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

" 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. "

" There are certain tuxes you can get away with a black tie, but with others, you'd be dishonoring the workmanship if you didn't wear a full bow tie. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I would love to be able to tap dance. "

" You never get over an ex, but you learn to live with it. "

" And I love to cook! I've impressed hundreds of women with my cooking. And they always come back for more. "

" 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. "

" I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life. "

" I used to take my car and go down to the South Island for five or six days and climb glaciers and jump out of planes and jump off bridges and go white water rafting - a bit of thrill-seeking. "

" One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist. "

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

" 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. "

" I think the best directors rarely lose their temper. "

" Every time you get in shape for a role, there's a different way to do it so it doesn't get boring. "

" When I left school, I got a job in a shoe shop and I used to save 15 quid a week and pay for my own singing and acting lessons. "

" Most men have an insecurity of some sort. But we're brought up to believe that we can't show them. "