Joe Gilgun

Professions :

Actor

I don't want to be a sexy vampire.

vampire sexy want

I was a bad kid. I was a really naughty kid. I couldn't read or write. And that was me punishment - going to acting school.

bad me naughty school

'Preacher' - what it's saying is not just blasphemy and good, fun violence. It's asking, 'Where is God?' If he is there, what's he doing?

good violence god fun

I've been on the telly for a long while. I've never saved any money or anything. I'm not one of those people.

never money long people

I know how it feels to be the newbie.

how know feels

It's a very working-class thing, to get where you want and then not feel worthy.

feel get you want

On 'This Is England,' everyone is mates. The nice thing is that when you watch us, you're watching a gang. They're young, and they're adventurous. There's a real closeness there.

you gang nice real

'This Is England 2015.' That would be ace. We could have prosthetics to make us look really old.

us old make look

I was the only actor in my family. I wasn't given a lot of advice; I had to work it out.

only family work advice

It's brilliant having loads of girls running after you. It's also a shock when you realise just how much attention you're getting. Eventually, you start to think, 'I'd rather settle down and be normal.'

down start think you

I've got an awful memory, and I can't read or write, but you can read me a script once or twice, and I've got it.

write memory me you

My family were really poor.

really were family poor

I don't do social media.

social-media media social

I can barely use my iPhone. I can't do Facebook, can't do Twitter, can't do Instagram, none of it.

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Tinder - man, what's that all about? Tinder, where you're just, like, shopping for a human being. Reading the stats like 'Mortal Kombat.' You're like, 'Oh, he's got six arms, and he's only got the two, so I'll probably go with the six arms.' I don't want to do that with human beings.

you man shopping reading

I have no intention of making vampires cool. Absolutely not. They're not cool.

vampires making cool intention

I was never a comic-book fan, but I loved cartoons. I don't enjoy reading: for me, it's hard work.

me enjoy hard-work work

I have to slow down for some people. In Louisiana, people didn't have a clue what I was talking about. I remember seeing people glaze over. Seeing the moment where they've just completely lost all... They just wait for me to stop talking and then say, 'Yeah.'

wait me moment people

I remember being with my mum eating marmalade on toast watching 'Inspector Gadget,' 'Sharky and George,' 'The Pink Panther,' and 'Thundercats,' stuff like that. Those were the days - no idea how brutal the world is.

pink eating remember world

I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

you enough remember people

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