Taron Egerton Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
November 10, 1989

Taron David Egerton (born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor and singer. He is known for his roles in the British television series The Smoke and the 2014 action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service. He has also played Edward Brittain in the 2014 drama film Testament of Youth, appeared in the 2015 crime thriller film Legend, starred as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards in the 2016 biographical film Eddie the Eagle, voiced Johnny in the 2016 animated musical film Sing, and reprised his role in the 2017 sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle. His upcoming films include Billionaire Boys Club and Robin Hood.

Also known as Film Actor, Singer

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

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- Future
- Band
- Favorite
I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.

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- Guy
- Myself
- Never

I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.

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- Boy
- Being
- Franchise
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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- Fun
- Want
- Serious
I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.

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- People
- Time
- Busy
I love singing as much as I love acting.

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- Love
- Singing
- Acting
The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.

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- Winning
- Spirit
- Eagle
It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero.

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- Hero
- Playing
- Thrill

Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.

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- People
- Work
- Hope
In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.

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- Up
- Great
- School
I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.

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- Where
- Mentor
- Only
People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.

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- People
- Great
- Think
I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.

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- Trying
- Want
- Play
I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.

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- Kids
- Loved
- Films

I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.

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- Work
- Friends
- Inspiration
I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.

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- I Can
- Rather
- Afford
I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.

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- Play
- Like
- Someone
I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.

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- Wonder
- Hero
- Green
I think being busy is a healthy thing.

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- Think
- Healthy
- Busy
I've met some incredible people who I really admire.

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- People
- Admire
- Some

I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.

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- Film
- Movies
- Loved
It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.

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- Ambition
- Been
- Animation
Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding.

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- Work
- Doing
- Hard Work
All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.

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- Friends
- Feel
- Speak