I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.

I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.

And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

We were diving in caves. It wasn't totally safe.

I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready.

I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I'm certainly not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

I think being a competitive diver for years helps you focus and dedicate yourself to what's needed.

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.

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

People like to pigeonhole you.

Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies.

I love to get behind the wheel and get competitive.

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies.

A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.

It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.

Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.

The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing.

It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.

Well, I'm used to rubbing shoulders with crooks and criminals.

We're trying to make a movie that's interesting.

Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained.

People take chances every now and then, and you don't want to disappoint them.

The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises.

I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

'Homefront' was written by Sylvester Stallone. He actually wrote it for himself, which is, for me, an amazing privilege: To be handed a script by Sly that he wrote for himself, that he asked me to do.

'The Bank Job,' for me, was a great opportunity for me to do some good acting, you know?

A bespoke shirt is one of the true luxuries that you can acquire. There's nothing better than a fitted shirt. Once you've picked up your first one, you'll never stop buying them - providing you can pay for it.

A franchise is dictated on the success of doing one film right, so if you can get it done correctly, you've got a chance of something else, but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Ideally, it's insurance for the future; if you can do something, if you can find a character that people really do like, then you're very lucky.

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.

A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.

A lot of good actors are turning to TV.

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.

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.

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.

Action comedy, if you can get it right, it is, for me, a particularly brilliant genre. It really is.

All exercise releases endorphins and makes you feel good.

All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credibility. They're risking their necks.

As an actor, you work to the script: that's our main priority. But you have to be aware and look around for things that help you bring that little bit extra, that touch of realism that rams the point home.

At least in making an action film, there's always going to be someone who wants to see a car chase. Even if a lot of the people don't like it, there will be a lot of people that do. But bad comedy is just garbage.

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.

Comedy is not my first go-to sort of genre.

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.

Every movie you do, you find something in yourself that you probably didn't know that you had, and a director will find something in you that you can nurture and find and bring for the next one.