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Ryan Kwanten

(1976) Actor Australia

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Ryan Kwanten is an actor from Australia, best known for Blinky Bill.

Quick Facts About Ryan Kwanten

Born: November 28, 1976
Nationality: Australia
Profession: Actor
Notable works: Blinky Bill

About Ryan Kwanten

Ryan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland, portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021 he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred, a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Ryan Kwanten

I pride myself on breaking any box that anyone wants to put me in.

Boxes

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I'm not really comfortable with who I am to be honest. I feel more free to step into the shoes of somebody…

Being honest

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I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A friend will tell me about something coming up, maybe that weekend, and usually…

Abundance

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I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters.

Encounters

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Whether I fall on my feet or fall on my arse, I dunno. You've got to take those risks.

Arse

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I'm definitely an elbow-room guy.

Elbows

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That's something lacking in a lot of modern-day families - just talking. It's almost a lost art form.

Art

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It's easier to promote things, if you have fans.

Easier

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I'm drawn to a good story, really, as I hope most people are. For me, it's the story that's going to stay…

Cinema

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I never want to be that guy at a dinner table saying, 'I wish I could have dessert.' I actually went through…

Dessert

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I don't know if my sense of humor goes over Americans' heads.

Humor

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My mum is about five foot with her hair done. Without it she's about four foot 10.

Done

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In order to be able to give a girlfriend the amount of time she deserves, you would need time, and I just…

Able

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I'm not one of those actors who asks for too many favours. So when I do, people tend to listen.

Actors

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As actors, we deal with rejection so much more than any other business. So I don't care how much of a genius…

Able

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My life is very much consumed with work.

Consumed

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Even on a $100 million film, people will complain that they haven't got enough money and enough time, so that's always going…

Cinema

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Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was…

Career

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Money has never been a huge inspiration for me.

Huge

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I'm not a big fan of the gym, I do lots of outdoor aerobics - yoga, swimming, running - but I kinda…

Australia

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I'm fortunate enough with the surfing to be very much at home at the water - my pulse and heart rate are…

Enough

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I'm not the kind of guy that inspires madness in people.

Guy

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The fact that 'True Blood' affects people in this way is incredible to me - the fact we have to go to…

Blood

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Going out there and promoting myself socially doesn't really intrigue me. I'd much rather have my work do it for me.

Going out

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I've been known to turn up drunk at triathlons and do very well. I'm more of a heat-of-the-moment type of guy. A…

About

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