Luke Evans Quotes

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've played quite a few good guys.

When I was focusing on theater, I would go on for months without any work and could hardly pay the rent.

I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough.

British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it.

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.

Voices are always a challenge. I always have to work at each accent I do.

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.

Good suits don't come from anywhere, though - I mainly wear Armani, Louis Vuitton and Burberry.

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.

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

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

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 always find cardio the most monotonous. Running on a treadmill shows me why hamsters are so crazy.

I was bullied at school, so I didn't much like it.

My trainer is with me all day. We train before I come to work, and then I just keep training all day.

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

I think starting a cinema career late in life has more advantages than disadvantages.

I always wanted to sing, as a child.

There's a lot of directors who were actors, so they have the sensibility of an actor, which sometimes helps.

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

It's hard work just being on set 14 hours a day.

It's nice to be part of something that could grow into something else and be there at the beginning of it.

I had a very lovely childhood, and, being an only child, I'm very close to my mom and my dad.

There are certain films you want to see on the big screen.

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

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

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

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

Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.

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.

I don't see enough theatre.

I'm not one of those superstitious people.

I don't comment on other people's opinion.

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

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

If I have to look a certain way for something, I know how long it's going to take me do it.

Everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London, I never tried to hide.

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.

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

I'd like to make a film musical. That's really my dream.

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

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

The fascination for the Great Train Robbery has never diminished.

In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.

I look in the mirror, and I don't mind what I see.

When you get to work with people like Ian McKellen or directors like Peter Jackson, you sit and watch.

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

It is a very beautiful story, 'The Crow.' It is a very tragic story with huge emotional themes.

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

I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed.

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

I'm this dude that can play a farmhand and a handyman and sometimes a Greek god.

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

I feel that New Zealand is my second home.

I have seen 'Fast Six,' and it's awesome.

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

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

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.

People want to hear your stories about these wonderful experiences you have, and that's what press tours are for.

I wouldn't say being in a film with The Rock was 'motivating.' 'Terrifying' would be a more accurate description.

I do love action films and I hope I'm going to do many more and learn lots of new crafts 'cause that's the joy of movies.

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

Living in New Zealand, it's like a different world - it is a different world. It's very, very cool.

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 first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience.

When I'm training hard, the diet is miserable.

I don't carry off 'quirky.'

Costume is a massive thing. I think costume makes you stand differently.

You have to give everything to every job you do.

I do like Jason Statham as a person and as an actor. I think he's a great performer, and he delivers every time.

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

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.

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

You can read 50 great things about yourself, but the one bad thing will be what you remember most.

I had a very difficult upbringing.

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

I would love to be able to tap dance.

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'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.

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

I always wanted to get into proper shape.

You don't want to play the same roles or do the same genre.

Miranda Kerr is absolutely lovely.

It's a lot of fun being dressed by designers and surrounded by publicists.

It's just hard to get an independent film made.

To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.

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

A longbow takes a massive draw for the arrow to go anywhere.