Luke Evans
'The Desolation of Smaug' stands alone as an action/adventure epic movie. It's visually stunning, and the 3D is incredible. Plus, it's directed by Peter Jackson, and he's extraordinary.
I'd like to make a film musical. That's really my dream.
I would love to be able to tap dance.
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.
From the big mountains in the north to the valleys in the south, all through my childhood and teenage years, my family would always holiday in Wales.
Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool.
I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.
I certainly didn't want to make another movie that's 'just another Dracula film.'
I'm not one of those superstitious people.
It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes.
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.
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.
Most of the time, you do films and they can be big films, but you are rarely aware of the fan base that comes with it.
One thing Tolkien does incredibly well - and this is from a lay person's point of view; I am not scholar or anything - is that you don't have to make an effort to envisage the worlds that he writes about.
Everybody knows about Peter Jackson, 'The Hobbit' movies and 'The Lord of the Rings' films being made in New Zealand, and to actually have been part of it for such a long period, to live there and to have friends that I will have for life because of that experience, is an amazing thing.
In all honesty, I should have given up this acting lark years ago.
Being involved in 'The Hobbit' has been a huge boost for me. It's really put me on the map and helped me be taken more seriously as an actor.
I come from a country that lives and breathes rugby, and I didn't think there would be anywhere else in the world that could be the same. But New Zealand takes it to another dimension. It's extraordinary how much passion Kiwis have for the game.
I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.
I don't need to be super-ripped all year round. That's a pretty miserable way to live your life.
If you train too much, it can rule your life, and I don't think that's healthy - for men or women.
I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.
I've always said that theater was where I began, so everything I do now has a bit of my theater background in it. It was my training.
I was often looked at as a leper by kids at school because I was a Jehovah's Witness. They didn't like it - you were 'weird'. And on Saturday mornings, you'd be knocking at their doors. I remember standing there with my mum and dad, thinking, 'Oh my God, I know whose door this is, and I'll have to see them on Monday.' It was terrible.
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'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough.
I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.
I just love the sound of a black woman's voice.
People come up to me in pubs - gay pubs, mind you - and can't believe that I'm gay.
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's a lovely thing to be able to sing.
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've had some pretty awful jobs that I don't miss, like working on a nightclub door, or compiling VIP lists at 3 A.M. in the morning, but sometimes it's just got to be done.
If you decide you want to work in the film industry, you just have to bite the bullet and take other jobs until the proper jobs come in.
You never get over an ex, but you learn to live with it.
I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.
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.
The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.
I don't carry off 'quirky.'
I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed.
I had a very difficult upbringing.
I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, 'I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future.'
For my part, if the audience wanted to see Dracula again, I would be happy to reprise the role. It is an immortal character that can appear anywhere because it lies beyond time. Possibilities are endless.
I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.
When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.
In the future, I would like to do more films with contemporary themes. Perhaps comedy, which is something I have done in theater but not in cinema.
I moved to Cardiff when I was 17 and never needed a car. When I came to L.A. for my first job there, I needed a car, so I had to pass my driving test.
I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time.
I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.