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" In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great. "
Taron Egerton
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" I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them. "
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" The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning. "
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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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" We don't quite have the same comic book culture as America, but I would watch Spider-Man cartoons and X-Men cartoons and watch Bond as much as anyone on the planet. "
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" I completely get the drag thing. "
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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. "
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" It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation. "
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" I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones. "
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" Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier, because it is quite lonely otherwise. "
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