Colin Morgan

“I always look for the character that gets into your guts and tells you, 'You have to play this.' You have to be brave enough to let everything else go and let the character guide you. When I read a script, I look for that kind of pull.”

“Everyone in London, Wales, and France made the 'Merlin' experience a very, very special one.”

“Allan Cubitt has written exceptional material, and I feel very privileged to be working with him and the very talented cast.”

“From what I've read, everyone has a claim on Merlin. Was he Scottish, Welsh, English or even French? All these countries have got a big claim on him and Camelot. That's why the Arthurian legends are so popular - because they are such good stories.”

“As an actor, you need to be versatile. You need to challenge yourself.”

“When I think of Camelot, I think of the castle in France where we film, but I think it's wrong to lock it down to one place because it's all part of our imagination. They are legends for a reason. Their stories have endured for hundreds of years and, hopefully, they will for hundreds of years to come.”

“You immediately hear the word 'Merlin,' you think magic, you think adventure, excitement - you also think 'an old man.'”

“In any kid's relationship with their parents, there's always an influence there. You always want to do them proud.”

“I think there are pros and cons to social networking, but on a social, personal level, it's just not for me.”

“Who wouldn't want to be wizard, at least for a day, as long as you didn't have the dilemmas and the situations that Merlin was thrown into. I'd be happy if you could actually use the powers to have a bit of fun and do something good for the world and maybe for yourself, whereas Merlin's kind of limited in that he has to look after Arthur.”

“Because it was one of my favorites from the Arthurian legend, one of the things that I really enjoyed doing was the legend of the crystal cave. In my head, it was fun to imagine what it was going to look like because there was a lot of CGI involved, in seeing visions of the future reflected within crystals.”

“Anybody who's into Arthurian legends will appreciate that they are being re-told. The Arthurian legends have been developed and re-told over the years.”

“Merlin was very definitely supposed to be an old man guiding the young Arthur to the throne.”