Quotes from Alex O'Loughlin

I think as an action director; it comes kind of naturally to me to a certain extent, because I've done so much action myself - as my MRIs would suggest!

Surfing is my great passion in Hawaii.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

In television, the cuts are so quick: bang-bang-bang-bang-bang! I want to shoot two people and sit there for eight minutes and watch them. I've got a lot to learn about television and about the best ways to tell stories directorially in that medium.

When I am really into a woman, the way I look at other women changes. The other women on the planet kind of fade away. And the majority of my energy goes to that person.

To have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the room. It's easier to give yourself and the other person permission to play.

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.

I tore my right shoulder to pieces - three external tears, a labrum tear, and a detachment of the bicep tendon.

I've knocked my front teeth out. I've got fake front teeth.

I've got really fantastic fans from all over the world.

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

The relationships I've had with my wife and children are what mean the most to me.

There are millions of women all around the world who are in dangerous, terrifying situations. It's up to us as storytellers to give people hope, to let people know that there is a way out.

I put a bushfire out. It was one of the most incredible things, terrifying. We get them a lot in Australia.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it's like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.

It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you do not back yourself up, no one else is going to so you really need to learn to get up, shake the sand off your chest and keep going.

There have been many times when I thought I was having a logical discussion with a woman, and then I'm left sitting alone, confused, trying to recount how it went down.

I think if I'd have been an actor who didn't care, I'd have less gray hair, and I'd be a lot less tired.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

It's a hobby for me, but I'm never alone if there's a guitar there.

I blew one of my knees. I've torn ligaments and tendons, ankles, both shoulders, both wrists.