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I love westerns. It's guys being guys. There's no room for frilly stuff.

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.

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.

There's so many ways to play a bad guy, and usually people choose the obvious one.

In my misspent youth, I was risky.

My mom and dad used to tell me, 'You've got to see this film,' and they were influential to a high degree of the films I saw as a kid.

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.

Usually, if you've got a great script, everything falls into place.

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

Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I'm interested in practical strength that's going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

Most guys, tough or not, hide emotions. I know a lot of tough guys; they're just as weak as the next man, but they don't show it.

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.

'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.

I've always had a fascination with cars and racing, not that I've ever competed.

Every single day has a different combination of exercises. It always changes, and that's what keeps things interesting.

I'm prepared to take risks. And every movie that I do is a risk. No one knows what the movie is going out turn out like.

My role model is Sly Stallone.

I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.

I love people who have a good sense of humor, tell a good story, tell a good joke.

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.