Ben Barnes Quotes
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I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.
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I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.
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Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.
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People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week.
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I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out.
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I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others.
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I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.
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I didn't have any pets growing up.
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There are loads of websites devoted to me.
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When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.
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We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.
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When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.
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Never agree to say or do anything that isn't you.
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There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.
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I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.
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I swim a lot. I swim most days.
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I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.
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Sword fighting is just as fun as it looks on the screen.
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I actually went to university.
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Actually what I'd like is to have a reputation as someone who's been wild and gone straight, but without having to go through the trouble of being bad.
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Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.
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I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.
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That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time.