I'm a man of eclectic and wide and broad taste.
— Freddie Fox
If I don't shave I look like a peach with fuzz on it - not a good look.
People balk at the fact that I've played loads of gay characters. Maybe I have, but you know what? It doesn't matter.
I want to prove that I can be a success without standing on the shoulders of my family.
Look, I certainly couldn't say that my unusual upbringing didn't lend itself to becoming an actor - of course it did. People want to see what Edward and Joanna's son can do.
When I first looked at 'Travesties,' I thought, 'I don't know what to make of the first page of this, let alone 80 pages.' But I just thought, 'Well, I'll go along for the audition because I love all the people involved.'
I enjoyed throwing the toys out of the pram, although not in a petulant way.
I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts.
I don't think you necessarily fall in love with a sexuality, I think you fall in love with a person.
That's why I wanted to be an actor - to be everybody. Through all those different people I can learn about myself.
I've been around actors all my life.
I was drawn to gay parts because of their scripts, what the roles offered.
My dad has never had a mobile phone or computer. And that was the way when I grew up, so I still take tech with a pinch of salt.
I'm an entertainer, that's my business, and yet you hope at some point in your career you will do something that will mean more to people.
I think it's dangerous being cynical because you close doors rather than open them.
I am delighted to be working with Guy Ritchie on 'King Arthur,' who's been a boyhood hero of mine ever since 'Lock, Stock' and 'Snatch.'
No, I'm not too worried about type casting.
I love the energy of Islington, the variety of things you can see, taste and buy, the number of young people around you all moving and bustling - yet it still feels like a village, a community.
I am a better cook now than I used to be.
I tried to work hard at school because I knew that my parents were paying a lot of money for it.
I know how lucky I am, and I am aware that I have to fight the perception that I am also a spoiled brat.
All you ever want as an actor is to play psychologically complex, interesting characters and Jeremy Bamber is at the very least that.
I can neither change people's perceptions nor change my background, and nor would I wish to.
Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.
As actors, we have the best job in the world, but occasionally it can be made difficult by ego and by not listening to each other and lack of communication.
It would be silly for me to say I'll only ever love women. That would be crazy.
I wanted to be a director of photography for a while, because I'm fascinated by what they do. You're made to look good by them and you can learn so much from talking to them.
People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.
So often gay characters, particular those portrayed in an era where gayness was something of a taboo and a statement about 'who I am and no one's going to trample me down,' are more colourful and interesting - and for an actor, that's enticing.
I didn't really enter into the real world until I was probably at drama school.
I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.
I love being on film sets even if I'm not acting in the film, and I'm fascinated by the work of the director of photography.
I think each generation struggles with its own set of problems.
I love a good suit, and when I see photographs of myself in a jacket that doesn't fit me quite right or the sleeves are too long, it drives me insane.
No one with a bad tie is getting my vote. Some Lib Dems wear the most shockingly awful ties.
Most of the independent films I've been involved with all had European subsidy or co-production agreements.
I have learned already that you have to work against people's perception as they want to box you in very quickly.
Some people cannot stand up in front of people and talk, and I can - I think that's something you don't learn; you're born with it.
As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.
There'll probably be moments in my life where it seems that people will want to camp out on my doorstep, and moments when no one wants to hire me and couldn't be less interested. I've been around the circus, and it'll come and go.
If I keep doing films like 'The Riot Club' they're going to think I'm a posh git.
Everybody who I've spoken to who was conscious when 'Queer as Folk' went out says it was a complete game-changer. It completely changed people's perception of young, gay men especially.
The joy of being a chameleon on stage is that you can be anything, and yet you're not any of those things as well.
Now, I don't think I'd particularly care if somebody criticised me for having got to a certain level of success because I'm Ed Fox's and Joanna David's son. I know that's not true.
I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.
I'm blessed and fortunate I met many people, like agents, who'd take a meeting with me because my mum or dad would ask if they'd see me.
I was brought up in a bubble to an extent.
I'm not easily wound up, but overly cynical people irritate me.
My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.
I suppose what I look for most in a part, other than it being different than the part before, is: Does he interest me? Will I have fun getting to know him and, to a greater or lesser degree, physically embodying him?
