The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.

Taron Egerton

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I'm into books – I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.

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To be perfectly honest, I like pressure. It's something I find exciting. And I am the kind of personality that gets very bored very easily. The work I try and involve myself with is ordinarily determined by how much it sort of frightens me.

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When a bunch of stuff is happening on set, you have to remember the grander purpose: you're telling a story, so you have to get to that moment, and that takes supreme focus.

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I can afford to get Tescos finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.

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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.

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I'm not sure that I want my life to consist of Hollywood franchises, to be honest. There are other types of work that I'm interested in, like theater and just more serious drama and I just don't know.

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All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.

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I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!

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I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids’ films...

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I don't have much desire to move to LA much yet. I don't think you can expect it any time soon, but who knows what can happen in the future.

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Jason [Sudeikis] is a successful actor and comedian, I don't think that he takes comedic roles any less seriously than he does dramatic roles.

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That movie is a unicorn, our movie is a different animal.

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I'm very proud to call him a friend. He is the kindest, most interesting, warm man. That has made it feel very important to me.

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entertainment

The response has been so wonderful ... you made a young man from Aberystwyth incredibly happy and a 72 year-old rockstar even more happy.

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entertainment

There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.

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I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them.

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I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early.

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Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.

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I think being busy is a healthy thing.

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