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" I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films. "
Taron Egerton
Draw
Plastic
Make
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" The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love. "
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" 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. "
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She
Sound
Weird
" 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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Me
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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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Camera
Saying
Stupid
" Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible. "
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Performance
Room
Pretty
" If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it. "
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Life
Think
Professional
" I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being. "
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Say
Doing
Nothing
" I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens. "
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Story
Young
Playing
" I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant. "
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Get
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" You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills. "
Taron Egerton
Work
World
Hope
" For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms of personality, character, is so much fun. "
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Yourself
Personality
Fun
" I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy. "
Taron Egerton
Boy
Not Interested
Franchise
" 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 loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films. "
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Love
Still
Dreamworks
" In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great. "
Taron Egerton
Competition
Great
School
" I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early. "
Taron Egerton
Pressure
Great
Best
" I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding. "
Taron Egerton
Surprise
People
Maybe
" I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards. "
Taron Egerton
Awards
Dreams
Winning
" 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 always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people. "
Taron Egerton
Loved
You
School
" I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety. "
Taron Egerton
Want
Trying
Play
" I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man. "
Taron Egerton
Tough
Start
Man
" 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
" I didn't go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn't go to do that; I went to be an actor. "
Taron Egerton
Go
Theatre
Drama
" 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
" I've met some incredible people who I really admire. "
Taron Egerton
Admire
Incredible
People
" I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies. "
Taron Egerton
Started
Movies
Loved
" 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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People
Great
Feeling
" I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone! "
Taron Egerton
Colin
Got
Phone
" 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