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" I just felt that I might to go to university and get some real life. It wasn't stimulating in the same way. I loved being at Bristol, but I missed the thrill of being on set. "
Will Poulter
Missed
Life
Loved
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" Confidence is the greatest gift for an actor. "
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" If I could be something other than an actor, I'd be a chef; I've got a big interest in food. I'm a proper fan boy. "
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" I'm fortunate enough to have had an opportunity to do a range of stuff, and the thing I admire most in actors is versatility, those that morph and change, those kind of chameleon actors who are unrecognisable from one job to another. That's something that I aspire to establish myself. "
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" I have a relationship with New Line, so I'm grateful to them for taking a punt on me - both for 'We're The Millers' and 'It'. "
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" I come from this bubble in life - I come from a great family and went to a nice school, and I have friends, and life is pretty rosy. "
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School
Great
Friends
" I hate the school of thought that says work is work and that you have to be unhappy at work because that's what work is. I totally respect the fact that not everyone has the choices that I have, and that some people have to work jobs that they don't like because they don't have any other options. "
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School
" Kissing scenes are never romantic or sexy. They're actually super technical, like, 'Move your head; you're blocking her light,' or, 'Stop looking like an idiot when you kiss her.' "
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" I think it reaffirmed something that I believed in and conceptually always had faith in which was that you're most effective when you work as a team. I love that about filmmaking. I stopped playing team sports at 15-16 because of acting. I think I find a kind of new team sport in filmmaking in a way. "
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Faith
Think
" It's difficult to tell whether people are looking at you because they recognise you from your work or just because you're 6 ft. 3 in. and have the eyebrows of Satan. It's difficult to distinguish between the two. "
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You
Work
" I think we have a responsibility to shape the zeitgeist with the movies we put out there. Because 'After Earth' isn't going to do it. 'The Expendables 3' isn't going to do it. You could make one million amazing films for the amount of money they spend on those films. I get frustrated. "
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Amazing
Think
" I'll just say it: I'm not the sharpest tool in the box. Being forced to go back to school is still a fear of mine. "
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Go
Say
School
" I love the camaraderie that develops on film sets and ensemble casts. It's really special. "
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Film
Special
Really
" I am very much a city boy, and I really don't get out into the countryside or the wilderness that much at all. "
Will Poulter
City
Boy
Countryside
" Anyone who supports your work, I like having the opportunity to thank them for that, and I think also Twitter provides an opportunity for people in the public eye to give a faithful account of who they are. "
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Eye
Work
Opportunity
" The Internet unfortunately means that, although a lot of truth and good stuff can spread as a result of the Internet, I think bad stuff and negativity spreads even more quickly. "
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Think
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Internet
" I didn't want to be behind a desk. I didn't want to do a normal job. I had made my mind up. I became despondent prematurely. I had my mid-life crisis when I was 16. I suppose I'd agree with that. But acting has helped me develop a lot in my private life. "
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Crisis
Acting
Me
" My teacher told my mum, 'I think William has dyspraxia,' and Mum asked what that meant. She said, 'Well, if I put a chair in the middle of the room and asked every child in the class to walk around it, William would be the only child in the class to walk into it.' Mum was like, 'Yeah, that's my boy'. "
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Walk
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" If I tried to do comedy for the rest of my career, I would not be very successful. "
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Career
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" I was lucky that I had friends who have maintained a very regular attitude with me and haven't changed how they interact with me. "
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" The fact that there aren't more restrictions on the media is disgraceful. "
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Media
" It was incredibly daunting for me to go from 'Son Of Rambow' to 'Narnia' because of the natural jump that there is that is dictated by budget, and the number of people working on it. Even though a lot more people saw 'Son Of Rambow' than we expected, a lot more people were always going to go and see 'Narnia'. "
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Son
People
Always
" The thing I get a lot is, 'You've got a very recognisable face.' I'm never quite sure what to make of it. "
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" I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a script. "
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" Seeing the actual 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe', I absolutely loved it. It became one of my favourite films. It was a real Christmas classic, and it was one of the most popular films ever in British history. "
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History
Lion
Loved
" I joined the after-school club, School of Comedy, which progressed wildly, and in quite a Hollywood way. It sounds like 'School of Rock', right up to trying to raise money to pay for a venue in Edinburgh. "
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Comedy
Way
Trying
" Leonardo DiCaprio I find very inspiring... He's my idol. I absolutely love Leonardo DiCaprio. Christian Bale, obviously, being a British actor and going from 'Empire of the Sun.' Now he's Batman. "
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Sun
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Empire
" I think what makes Narnia a magical place is that it offers escapism - escapism from a world that is so different from the reality known by the characters and the reality known by the fans. "
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Think
World
Reality
" As much as I would love to do roles in big movies and am keen to establish myself in the industry. I don't want to sacrifice things that I really enjoy, like spending time with my family and friends. "
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Time
Family
" I wasn't good at anything at school, and acting was the only thing that I really loved doing and was interested in. It was kind of like my only option. For me to get opportunities in acting is so fortunate. I found something I loved doing and wasn't terrible at; it was quite nice. "
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Nice
Opportunities
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