I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.
— Taron Egerton
I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.
All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.
I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.
I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!
I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.
I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.
I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.
I've met some incredible people who I really admire.
I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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.
If something appeals, something appeals. I don't think I'm particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it's just about making money.
If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it.
I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.
I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.
I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.
I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.
I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.
I didn't go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn't go to do that; I went to be an actor.
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.
I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.
I grew up with Bond.
I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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.
This is going to sound a bit weird because she's a lot older than I am, but I've got a thing for Meryl Streep.
If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
