I watched so many comic book movies where the actors weren't as built as the characters in the book. It made me mad because they didn't look right.

I grew up a big comic book reader, as a kid, and I love the whole fanboy crowd.

I wake up at the same time every day to get to the gym.

I quit because that thing inside of me that was driving me to drink that way was causing me so much pain that I was starting to get afraid for my own life, and my own health. It wasn't necessarily one instance. It was a lot that had piled up.

Also, to be honest, my dad wanted me to be an athlete. And I think all sons want to prove something to their dad. So now, aged 35, I want to see what I can achieve physically.

I am kind of giant … on (the True Blood) set.

I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.