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" When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me. "
Ben Barnes
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" You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me. "
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" That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time. "
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" I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other geniuses who were in my school. "
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" I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling. "
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" I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff. "
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" I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege. "
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" I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. "
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" There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there. "
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" When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons. "
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" I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving. "
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