Alfie Allen

“You can say to actors that you've got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.”

“I do prefer playing baddies because you can push being horrible as far as you want.”

“It's amazing. I love being an uncle.”

“I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD, and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it's liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer and are trying to pull something out of your answer.”

“I did have a problem concentrating on anything for more than 10 seconds. I was one of the first kids in the U.K. to go on Ritalin, and my mum hated it, and I hated it.”

“Meeting Peter Dinklage was just great.”

“I just loved going fast. I still enjoy go-karting. I was also good at rugby, and my dad wanted me to be a sportsman, but I never thought I could do sports professionally.”

“I wanted to be a race car driver when I was a kid.”

“For years, my dad's friend Joe was just my dad's friend. And it was only when I was 12 or 13 I learned that he was the lead singer of a band called The Clash.”

“Richard Madden, I loved to work alongside him; he's a very funny man.”

“I haven't had a lot of 'Games Of Thrones' groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don't seem that invasive.”

“I didn't go to drama school, so I didn't really have many true friends in the business; 'Game Of Thrones' has definitely brought me that.”

“Obviously, in theatre, you work chronologically, so you kind of know where your emotions are supposed to be, and you're always on top of things, and as an actor, you always know what's coming next.”

“'Game of Thrones' is my big break, so I've got to make the most of it, keep acting well.”

“What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.”

“We went to Ibiza, and I was on Ritalin, and, for a kid who couldn't concentrate, I read a 200-page book on King Arthur, and my mum just hated it. She said it just wasn't me.”

“I'm really lovely and sensitive.”

“I'm pretty body-confident after losing weight for 'Thrones.'”

“It's fun playing the bad guy. It comes naturally.”

“When I was a kid, I was roaming through Glastonbury Festival at eight years old, on my own. I say 'on my own', but I was probably with my oldest sister Sarah, and she would have been 13 or 14 at the time, so she'd have been walking us around. But I got to go places and meet people, and was trusted a lot, without a doubt.”