Taron Egerton Quotes
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All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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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.
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I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.
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We don't quite have the same comic book culture as America, but I would watch Spider-Man cartoons and X-Men cartoons and watch Bond as much as anyone on the planet.
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I grew up with Bond.
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I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.
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I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.
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I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.
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Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible.
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I have been in auditions where - because - you're always scared before, but if you let that scared feeling get the better of you or become too much, it could ruin your audition.
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Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier, because it is quite lonely otherwise.
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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.
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I don't know if I'm quite grizzly enough. My facial hair is still very thin and patchy. I feel someone who plays Wolverine potentially needs testosterone in abundance.
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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 had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.
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I'd love to do something at Marvel, but I don't think I would do a seven-movie deal. That's a bit too much for me.
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For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms of personality, character, is so much fun.
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Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.
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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.
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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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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.