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" I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy. "
Taron Egerton
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" I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy. "
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Boy
Not Interested
Franchise
" The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters. "
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Journey
Teen
Character
" I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored. "
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Play
Trying
" I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding. "
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Surprise
People
Maybe
" I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them. "
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Serious
Think
Fun
" I love funk and soul and Motown. "
Taron Egerton
Love
Funk
I Love
" I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with. "
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Good Person
Me
People
" Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding. "
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Hard
Hard Work
Physical
" I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards. "
Taron Egerton
Awards
Dreams
Winning
" Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with. "
Taron Egerton
Always
Going
People
" I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me. "
Taron Egerton
My Own
Me
Opportunities
" I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies. "
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Started
Movies
Loved
" Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops. "
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Everyone
Superhero
Saying
" I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant. "
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Really
Get
Cast
" I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career. "
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Career
Think
Someone
" I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places. "
Taron Egerton
Want
Work
Places
" 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. "
Taron Egerton
Camera
Saying
Stupid
" In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great. "
Taron Egerton
Competition
Great
School
" All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh. "
Taron Egerton
I Feel
Very
Feel
" 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. "
Taron Egerton
Great
Go
School
" If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it. "
Taron Egerton
Doing
Wonderful
Superhero
" 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. "
Taron Egerton
Cool
Life
My Life
" I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy. "
Taron Egerton
Type
Considered
Guy
" I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone! "
Taron Egerton
Colin
Got
Phone
" This is going to sound a bit weird because she's a lot older than I am, but I've got a thing for Meryl Streep. "
Taron Egerton
She
Sound
Weird
" Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things. "
Taron Egerton
Business
You
Go
" Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible. "
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Performance
Room
Pretty
" I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor. "
Taron Egerton
Where
Act
Only
" 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. "
Taron Egerton
Growing Up
Drama
School
" I have been in auditions where - because - you're always scared before, but if you let that scared feeling get the better of you or become too much, it could ruin your audition. "
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Too Much
You
Always