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" I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me. "
Taron Egerton
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" I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it. "
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" I completely get the drag thing. "
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" I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen. "
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" I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting. "
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" I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them. "
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" There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that. "
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" In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great. "
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" I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places. "
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" I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I'm desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I'll find it one day. "
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" I've met some incredible people who I really admire. "
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" I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul. "
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" Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself. "
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" I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me. "
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" For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylised, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism. "
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" I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety. "
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" People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling. "
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" I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone! "
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" It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero. "
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" I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor. "
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" I learned how to ski for 'Eddie the Eagle.' I never skied before. So I had to go out to Germany a couple of weeks early and make sure I could ski. "
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" I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones. "
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" I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round. "
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" I applied to drama school when I was about 18 and didn't have any luck anywhere. They basically turned me away and said I had a bit of growing up to do. I went back to Aberystwyth and did my growing up by spending eight months working in Peacocks. "
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