[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work.

I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.

In Hollywood, people get reputations, just rumors that are passed down.

Do 40 hard minutes, not an hour and a half of nonsense.

My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.

In L.A., it's very hard to have some kind of conscience of some style out there. The weather's too hot; there's no seasons.

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.