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“By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.'”
“I'm not scared of growing up, but it just happens, doesn't it?”
“I'll eat anything. I ate antelope once in Swaziland. I didn't know what it was until I'd started chewing it. Everything tastes like chicken though doesn't it? It wasn't bad.”
“Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.”
“After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.”
“I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.”
“The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.”
“I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.”
“I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.”
“I want to get more muscly.”
“Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.”
“It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.”
“I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.”
“Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.”
“I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.”
“I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.”
“When you're on TV and in people's houses - it's great that anybody watches anything you've done, but you feel as though you're being watched by Big Brother sometimes. Even if people have no idea who you are, you get the feeling you're being watched.”
“My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips.”
“I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.”
“Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.”