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" The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love. "
Taron Egerton
Future
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Love
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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 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. "
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" I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man. "
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" I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" If you watch a television show made by accomplished professionals of children's TV, it's all very expressive. "
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" 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'd like to do a play, and I'd like to do a musical. "
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" I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones. "
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" I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films. "
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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've got Colin Firth's number in my phone! "
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Got
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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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" Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with. "
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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 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
" I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant. "
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" Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible. "
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" I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them. "
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" 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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Great
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" I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places. "
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" I learned how to ski for 'Eddie the Eagle.' I never skied before. So I had to go out to Germany a couple of weeks early and make sure I could ski. "
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" 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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" I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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