A movie, it's like a very complicated timepiece. There's a lot of wheels in a watch. And some of those wheels, if they don't turn right, then, you know, the watch ain't gonna tell the time.
I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.
And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.
The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing.
I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.
Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.
Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.
Bruce Lee was just so lightning-fast. People try to emulate him in whatever way they can, but to try and do what he was doing... you're just inspired by it; you're not trying to say, 'Look, I can do that.' No one can do what he did.
I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.
Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.
I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.
If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.
I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.
I'm more into MMA than any other sport. I watch a lot of the UFC fights. I have since it first came onto the scene.
I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.
I've smashed myself around, been on crutches, and broken a couple of bones when I was a kid.
People like 'Crank,' some people like 'Redemption.' I'm just happy to do things that satiate a different part of me, that test me a little bit.
I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.
A lot of the characters I've played before are heroic or invincible in some ways and not tuned into fear and anxiety and pain.
Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.
The physical DNA has always been part of our family. My dad was a good boxer and gymnast; my mum is a ballroom dancer, and my brother does martial arts.
I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.
A lot of the TV shows, they do long hours, and they do a lot of days, and you don't get a lot of time. But the good thing is, if you get one that's made in L.A., or made in a place you want to be, you get to go home every night.
You don't usually meet directors on the streets.
With 'The Expendables,' you have such a brilliant mess of the greatest action stars of all time, so you're in for the ride with those people.
Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.
There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie: the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations.
I thought 'The Bank Job' was a really quality movie.
I like fashion. My mum was a dressmaker, believe it or not, so the consequence of that was that all my clothes were homemade, and I looked like a terrible mess until I was old enough to buy my own. But I love good tailoring.
I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.
Your body is like a piece of dynamite. You can tap it with a pencil all day, but you'll never make it explode. You hit it once with a hammer: Bang! Get serious. Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and half of nonsense. It's so much more rewarding.
Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I'm aware of what I can and can't do.
People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.
I'm sure everyone that has ever done an action movie has just drooled over how full of talent Bruce Lee was and how unique he was.
I was running around and bouncing out of the pram as a baby.
Suits change a lot - the wide lapel thing, the fashion trends, the trousers change.