Aaron Taylor-Johnson

“I want to work with great directors. I've picked films based on the script or the character and seen them collapse because the directors were not strong visionaries.”

“I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.”

“People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.”

“Only recently have I been introduced to the gym and heavy weightlifting and things like that. Before that, when I grew up, I just did a lot of gymnastics and dance. I had more of an athletic background, but nothing where I was in the gym or using any kind of weights.”

“I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.”

“I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.”

“My whole thing, my priority, is my family, my kids, and my wife. That's my future. I don't really care about what role is next.”

“The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.”

“If you agree to do a sex scene, you have to be willing to not be awkward about it. C'mon! I don't think of it as anything other than a dance, really. I don't see that person. I don't think of me being me.”

“Life is more important than 'what film I do next.'”

“I don't analyse things, and I don't look back. I can think forward - but only about my family. I don't look outside that and certainly don't care what anyone else thinks.”

“I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.”

“My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.”

“I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.”

“I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.”

“I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.”

“I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.”

“I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.”

“I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.”

“I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.”