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" I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety. "
Taron Egerton
Things
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" I think being busy is a healthy thing. "
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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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" I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding. "
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" I love singing as much as I love acting. "
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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'd love to do something at Marvel, but I don't think I would do a seven-movie deal. That's a bit too much for me. "
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" 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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" 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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" Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding. "
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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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" Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible. "
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" I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone! "
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Phone
" I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star. "
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Conscious
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" Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Doing
Wonderful
Superhero
" The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning. "
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Whole
Spirit
Eagle
" I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards. "
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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. "
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" I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy. "
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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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Soul
Look
Heart
" 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. "
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World
Hope
" I love funk and soul and Motown. "
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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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" That's the joy of making a movie: watching all the elements come together. "
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Together
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" It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero. "
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Hero
Thrill
" 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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" 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. "
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" I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant. "
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