Stephen Amell

“A lot of people don't know this, but Toronto is probably the most multicultural city in North America.”

“I was a big wrestling fan growing up. That was my thing. I had the action figures and the magazines and everything like that.”

“You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day life.”

“When I'm working, I'm working and I'm focused on that day's work.”

“I remember doing a little student film where we had a guy that couldn't pull focus. We ended up spending three times the amount of time shooting this thing as opposed to if the guy could've just pulled focus.”

“I wasn't aware of Green Arrow as a kid. My thing growing up was wrestling.”

“גיליתי שרירים בגוף שכלל לא ידעתי על קיומם ובטח שלא עשיתי בהם שימוש.”

“קראתי פה ושם חוברות של 'סופרמן' ו'ספון', כי תחום העניין המרכזי שלי היה היאבקות מקצועית, תמיד היו לי חוברות ופוסטרים של מתאבקים בחדר.”

“Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.”

“I had five years in the business in Canada, and then I came down to the States in February of 2010. I had a good pilot season. I started getting guest star work. I started to get bigger stuff.”

“I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.”

“People used to ask me questions on my blog about how to break into the acting industry. You often have to start out in parts where you have very few words, but you still have to try to make an impact.”

“I like to give myself a nice run up to a shirtless scene. Physically, it really doesn't make any difference. It's about mentally feeling good about it.”

“When I shot 'Private Practice,' Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting.”

“Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we have in our country relative to the number of people that are prominent in the entertainment industry, it's pretty impressive.”

“I'm share a lot of details, but 98 percent of my life is still private.”

“The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.”

“I'm flattered if any movie role and my name are mentioned in the same sentence, because there haven't been a ton of them.”

“When I get time off, my brain is just, that's it. I sit. I veg. People will think that I'm upset or not happy, but I'm just exhausted. I'm just zoned out.”

“Love triangles very rarely stay quiet for very long.”