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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m very rarely in the gym. My workouts are predominantly outside, in nature. Ryan Kwanten Read Quote
I’m not one of those actors who gets physically fit for a role and then loses it all again. Ryan Kwanten Read Quote
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. Ryan Kwanten Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I’m not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen. Ryan Kwanten Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
