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

- Ryan Kwanten

Art, Modern-Day, Almost, Lacking

I was a terrible loser growing up. I took it far too seriously. There were water works if I lost. I would go home and break it down in angry detail: How did I lose? What could I do next time?

- Ryan Kwanten

Down, Next, Works, Next Time

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Surfing, Very, Heart Rate, Pulse

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Door, Career, Perfectly, Enough Money

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Will, Always, Going, Enough Money

I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

- Ryan Kwanten

Through, Here, Long Period, Definitive

I'm undefeated in Scrabble. I can figure out an opponent's strategy and mold mine to offset theirs. I play a couple times a week, and I'll often play a game on my bed by myself against myself, which I realize sounds completely mad.

- Ryan Kwanten

Play, Bed, Couple, Undefeated

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Sound, Been, I See, Narcissistic

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Stupid, Been, Rather, Being Selfish

I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through a stage when I would order dessert first.

- Ryan Kwanten

Through, I Wish, Could, Dessert

I work very, very hard, so when I do get the chance to go out socially, it's a relatively big night. I also have hobbies on the side, and quite often, one runs into the other.

- Ryan Kwanten

Big, Very, Side, Runs

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Back, Deal, Other, To Survive

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Love, Work, Always, Luckier

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Some, Paul Newman, Newman, Monologue

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Play, Reason, Behind, Superheroes

I used to get a sort of sociophobia, and I still get it sometimes these days when I'm in a confined space with too many people. It's not like I freak out or anything, it's just that I'm far more comfortable in my own company sometimes than being surrounded by one thousand strangers.

- Ryan Kwanten

Own, Surrounded, Confined, Too Many People

My first five or six years in L.A., I was just trying to get two cents together to stay here. Playing Jason Stackhouse on 'True Blood' put me in a position, financially, to make decisions based on creativity, to choose roles based on whether I connected with them. I love the Jason Stackhouse character... But I also love stepping out of his shoes.

- Ryan Kwanten

Love, Here, Roles, Financially

I like exploring the mystery of a relationship instead of laying it all out on the table at the beginning.

- Ryan Kwanten

Exploring, Mystery, Laying, Table

I'm very rarely in the gym. My workouts are predominantly outside, in nature.

- Ryan Kwanten

Nature, Outside, Very, Workouts

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

- Ryan Kwanten

People, Listen, Many, Favours

Sleep has never been a priority in my life.

- Ryan Kwanten

Sleep, My Life, Never, Priority

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Year, Show, About, Great Show

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Feel, Had, Moved, Good Friends

I'm glad acting sunk its teeth into me, because now I can't imagine doing anything else.

- Ryan Kwanten

Doing, Imagine, Sunk

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Feel, Some, Ryan, Element

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.

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Nothing, Come, Could, Lawyer

I'm not a big fan of the gym, I do lots of outdoor aerobics - yoga, swimming, running - but I kinda hate talking about it. We have a term in Australia, it makes you sound like a wanker.

- Ryan Kwanten

Big, Sound, Like, Outdoor

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

- Ryan Kwanten

Always, Been, Encounters, Relatively

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.

- Ryan Kwanten

Deal, Very, Necessarily, Talented

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

- Ryan Kwanten

Humor, Sense Of Humor, Over, Heads

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