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" The truth of the matter is roles like James Bond are the ones that I look up to as probably the best roles ever to play. So that's probably my ultimate goal one day: to play James Bond. "

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" Before the 'Fast & Furious' promo in Manila, I went on a vacation in the Philippines 10 years earlier. I loved it. My 'Miss Saigon' friends showed me around. "

Luke Evans

Loved

Miss

" I've played quite a few good guys. "

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

" And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is. "

" As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely. "

Luke Evans

Path

Moving

" If you train too much, it can rule your life, and I don't think that's healthy - for men or women. "

" I really loved 'Fast Five.' I thought it was a brilliant movie. I thought it was so well done, well directed. The action sequences were really well thought out. It looked fantastic. "

" Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point, and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. My own material. "

" I was a weed. Such a skinny little weed. I just couldn't put on weight; I couldn't put on muscle. I was the oddest shape. And I thought that was it: that's how I'd look for the rest of my life. And I'd beat myself up about it so much. But you change an awful lot. You're 16. Your body's not even halfway to what it'll end up being. "

" 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. "

" I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals. "

Luke Evans

People

Heroes

" I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed. "

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

" Wales is blessed with some truly magnificent castles, full of history and a must see for visitors. "

" I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one. "

" If you ask an actor what he'd prefer to act on, he'd probably say a tangible, real set, or even better, a real location out on a mountainside or by a river. It's just easier because you don't have to imagine anything. "

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

" 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. "

Luke Evans

Time

Moments

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

" 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. "

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

Luke Evans

Honesty

Acting

" It was never really part of my plan to be in films; it was really sort of a dream. "

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

" I come from the countryside. I come from a bunch of horticulture family members. My best friend was a farmer's boy. "

" I research the role, and if it's a literary character, I read the book, and if it's an historical figure, I research documents and biographies. If it's a fictional character, I work off the script. "

" You have to have a lot of money to go to college. It's not cheap. "

" 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. "

" It's a lovely thing to be able to sing. "

" People come up to me in pubs - gay pubs, mind you - and can't believe that I'm gay. "