Taron Egerton Quotes
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I completely get the drag thing.
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.
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In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.
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It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero.
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I love singing as much as I love acting.
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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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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 only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.
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I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.
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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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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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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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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.
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I've met some incredible people who I really admire.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.
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I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.
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Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding.
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I think being busy is a healthy thing.
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You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.
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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.