Luke Evans Quotes

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Luke Evans

Profession : Actor

Birth : April 15, 1979

I'm not one of those superstitious people.

Luke Evans

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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I guess maybe directors see a face that seems to have been lived in. I know that my face has been lived in, yeah.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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