“All actors have to change their name.”

“Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.”

“Every time I get a role I think, 'I've actually fooled them again, I can't believe they keep falling for this!'”

“'Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.”

“I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.”

“I always wonder whether I'll get treated differently with a different accent.”

“I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.”

“I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.”

“I like doing stuff with my friends.”

“I like horses!”

“I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.”

“I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition.”

“I think that among my friends I'm known as being a hard worker; I think if you want to be an actor, there can't be any compromise. You have to work all day, every day. It's not a 9-5 job. There's always something to learn.”

“I went to an all-boys school and hated feeling like one of the crowd.”

“I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.”

“If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.”

“I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.”

“I've always been into dark colours.”

“My bedroom's like an armoury.”

“The only mistake guys can make is to try too hard with their appearance. There's something very unmanly about it.”

“The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!”

“There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.”

“When I find a look that I like, that's my entire wardrobe.”

“You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.”