Top 25 Ryan Kwanten Quotes

I’m definitely an elbow-room guy.

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

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.

In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just can’t give her that. So, rather than being selfish or stupid enough to go into a relationship, it’s just been easier to be single.

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 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.

I’m very much a masochist at heart.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fortunately, now I’ve got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I like to have a hectic schedule.

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

Sleep has never been a priority in my life.

My life is very much consumed with work.

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

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 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.

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

I don’t know if my sense of humor goes over Americans’ heads.