Above and beyond having the social life, to have a core group of people that you work with and spend time with and learn how to work with is a nice thing.
Shawn Ashmore

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.
Shawn Ashmore

Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.
Shawn Ashmore

Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up.
Shawn Ashmore

Every day on set, there was something to watch and learn.
Shawn Ashmore

Getting to play superheros is a pretty good job.
Shawn Ashmore

I just got Kill Bill: Vol. 2. I've watched it like eight times in the past two months. I just love the scene at the end between David Carradine and Uma Thurman.
Shawn Ashmore

I never could have planned this, and now I'm in my ideal situation career-wise and just sort of where I am in my life, and I'm super happy with how everything's going.
Shawn Ashmore

I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.
Shawn Ashmore

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.
Shawn Ashmore


I think it is important that you care about the characters, and you are not just waiting for the next action sequence but have a vested interested in what happens to them.
Shawn Ashmore

I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge.
Shawn Ashmore

I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.
Shawn Ashmore

I'm 25, so I've already gone through what my character Ged goes through, though it's on a general scale because I haven't studied at a wizard's school.
Shawn Ashmore

I'm a video game buff.
Shawn Ashmore

Instead of being on teams at school, I was preparing for auditions.
Shawn Ashmore

It doesn't get more iconic than Terry Fox.
Shawn Ashmore

Lord of the Rings is a good thing for us because it opened the door for the genre in general. Le Guin's stories are very different from Lord of the Rings.
Shawn Ashmore

My power is the ability to control water molecules and form them into ice.
Shawn Ashmore

No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion.
Shawn Ashmore