Well usually if I'm having a sh***y day, I don't post anything. I don't go out just to tell everyone I'm having a great day, even if I'm not. Luke Evans More Quotes by Luke Evans More Quotes From Luke Evans I've always been quite good at watching someone do something and then picking it up, so I turned that talent to watching people on the film set, and just saw how small everything was and how intimate the scenes could be. Luke Evans saws talent people If you work with amazing actors, you've got a master class happening in front of you. But [also] it's just acting at the end of the day. Luke Evans the-end-of-the-day acting class I'm an only child. My mum and dad are six in each family. They're both twins, and they only wanted one. I always say to them though that they're lucky - it could have all gone wrong. Luke Evans only-child dad children Not everybody's a great singer, but people can get better at singing. There's great singing teachers out there. It's a muscle, you just have to train it. Luke Evans singing teacher people I'm very, very close to my mum and dad. My mum is only nineteen years older than me, so she could be my older sister, which is really nice. Luke Evans dad nice years I stay away from Speedos. That would cause me absolutely unnecessary publicity. Luke Evans unnecessary publicity causes You can over complicate everything with techniques; when you're in the moment, you have to feel that you are that character, that you're feeling the pain or the happiness or whatever it is that they're feeling in that moment. Usually the authenticity will manifest itself. Luke Evans pain feelings character I never followed a band, I never followed a - nothing. I think maybe it's because my mom and dad were not like that, and it was just me and mom and dad. We were very close; we spent a lot of time just together, just enjoying each other's company. Luke Evans dad mom thinking There's always a connection to be made whether you're playing a psychopath or whatever. It doesn't really matter; you've got to find this thing that you relate to with each character otherwise you're missing something. Luke Evans connections missing character I think I sort of realized it was an international thing when we went to South Korea for The Fast [and the Furious] 6 premiere. We knew nothing about South Korea, and we came through the sliding doors [at the airport] with my luggage and there were like 60 fans with Luketeer banners: "We're your Korea Luketeers." It was like, wow, this is amazing. Luke Evans korea doors thinking It's just nice to do something a bit different, and I guess when you're an actor, you have the license to do that. Luke Evans actors nice different On Broadway and in the United States it's very different - people crossover all the time into television. I think that we'll get there [in London] in the end, but it has to start with who comes to see you in the musical and whether they can see beyond the dancing and the singing. Luke Evans dancing people thinking When you're working, you're flying on someone else's buck. When you're flying on your own, you sort of go, 'You know what, I'd rather keep the dosh in my pocket to spend when I get there. Luke Evans bucks pockets flying I don't think a lot of people know that I can sing. It's not common knowledge. Luke Evans common people thinking If you look weird, you can blame the role, you know? So no one's going to tell me I'm having a mid-life crisis. Luke Evans blame roles looks I probably wanted to be a shopkeeper, because I like tills. Luke Evans shopkeepers wanted Directing is something I've sort of always felt like I'd like to do at one point and I thought the best way to start it is to write something myself or with someone and I'd go from there. Luke Evans best-way writing way Each form of the acting is different. I think it keeps your mind active. TV, film and theater are different disciplines, as are independent films, opposed to studio films. There are differences in the size and the genre, or a period drama as opposed to a contemporary drama, or the types of characters. Luke Evans independent character drama In 10 years, I’d love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs…and it’d be great to share them with someone else. Luke Evans dog sea years It's never the practice to shoot the scenes in the proper order. Sometimes you shoot the final scenes of a film before you've even started the beginning. So you get good at it because you have to sort of just eliminate the memories of something you've done as an actor, which you haven't done as the character yet. But it sometimes is a bit of a mind-f**k. Luke Evans character memories order
