Keiynan Lonsdale Quotes

I was first in Sydney in 1993, and have been a few times since then. For someone who didn't know Australia, it came as a shock how intelligent, interesting and funny the people were. If I lived there I might see it differently, but as a visitor it was a lot of fun.

Southern people remind me a lot of Australia.

I really miss Melbourne food; Melbourne is very snobbish about their caffe culture, and I feel like I've become a snob, too.

Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time.

I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.

Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen.

Southern California, they have been amazing. They're totally with us.

I'm from California, and still live in LA.

L.A. hasn't changed me that much - I've not forgotten where I'm from, you know. And I need to find a haggis, but no-one seems to sell them over here.

Aussies are really laid back, and so are Californians.

Los Angeles has always been on the table with us.

We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.

Coming to Hollywood at 19 and living in a single apartment with one other guy on Venice Beach was a massive contrast to my upbringing.

I really miss Australia. I miss eating fish n' chips, oh my God, and Australian pies and the wonderful corner shops.

What is newest to one in foreign countries is not always the people, but their surroundings, and those same little details of life and circumstance which make no impression on a man in his own land until he returns to it after a prolonged absence, and then they stand out very sharply for a while.

I certainly have no regret living in the U.S. The quality of life in Australia is good, but it is bloody good here as well.

One of the benefits of working outside the U.K. is that I don't have to keep fielding media/politicians' enquiries about 'Britishness' and its ills.

L.A. has always been home.

The first few months in a new country are always really hard.

I would love to return to China one day to make films. I've been away for too long, so I'll need to spend some time back home before I can come up with an idea.

My favorite place in the world is L.A. It's my home.

I kind of assumed all of Australia was like the Gold Coast - so I was telling people Australians just work out and go to the beach. Like, Australia has it figured out! But then I went to Sydney, and it was nothing like the Gold Coast - but I still loved it.

Most of my books have something to do with L.A.

I think Canadians support their athletes a little better than the Australians do.

I remember sitting in front of the British Museum and having a moment - an epiphany, I guess - that I just had to live here. And now that I have grown to understand the British sense of humour here, I love the culture, too.