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" The fact that 'True Blood' affects people in this way is incredible to me - the fact we have to go to such great lengths to hide storylines just proves the cache our show has. "

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" 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. "

Ryan Kwanten

Care

Time

Rejection

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

" 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

" Sleep has never been a priority in my life. "

" 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

" 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

" 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 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 make about two movies a year outside the 'True Blood' schedule. I work on a great show six months a year, then outside that I get to satisfy whatever creative urges I have. It's a great position, especially for a single guy like me. "

Ryan Kwanten

Movies

True

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

" 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 very much a masochist at heart. "

" My life is very much consumed with work. "

" Money has never been a huge inspiration for me. "

Ryan Kwanten

Been

Never

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

Ryan Kwanten

Wants

Myself

" I'm definitely an elbow-room guy. "

Ryan Kwanten

Guy

Definitely

" 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. "

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

" 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 gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again. "

" I like to have a hectic schedule. "

Ryan Kwanten

Hectic

Schedule

" I moved to L.A., and people said that I would never find work, that I would never find good friends, and I feel like I was fortunate enough to find the work, but it wouldn't mean anything unless I had a group of people who could appreciate it. "

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

" 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'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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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