Jamie Bell

“I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.”

“I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.”

“I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.”

“Inner demons? Got none of them.”

“Well, I am obsessive about my work. I throw myself in all the way.”

“I'm very good at meeting people, very outgoing.”

“I excelled in English while I was at school.”

“You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do.”

“I'm awkward around girls.”

“Every interview I do, it's basically 'how did he do it,' and I owe it all to my representation, and my manager is basically like my mother, she's so picky.”

“I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.”

“I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.”

“I'm a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.”

“I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there.”

“What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.”

“I often find the smaller, independent films are much more rewarding than the bigger stuff, but you do the bigger stuff because it's a business, and you've got to show your face a bit, get yourself around.”

“I sympathize with every kitchen porter.”

“Music is pretty therapeutic.”

“I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid.”

“I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans.”