87 Quotes by Ryan Kwanten

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.

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.

That’s something lacking in a lot of modern-day families – just talking. It’s almost a lost art form.

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.

I’m fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water – my pulse and heart rate are slower in the water than they are on land.

I’m definitely an elbow-room guy.

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’m not really comfortable with who I am to be honest. I feel more free to step into the shoes of somebody else. There’s always an element of me in there but, you know, if you give me a script and some clothes I can do anything. But, as Ryan, I’m a bit of a recluse.

I’ve always been relatively reserved with my social encounters.