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Life's too short for regrets.
I'd just like to carry on acting.
I manage to live pretty normally.
The paparazzi don't care about me.
Long-term boredom can't lead to anything good.
I don't like watching myself. I get embarrassed.
I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones.
I can be a bit grumpy. I'm full of angst, and hormones.
A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.
I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.
I just want to be a better actor. You can always get better.
I always like to keep busy, otherwise my brain starts ticking.
It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.
After Skins I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.
After 'Skins' I became mildly famous, which was a bit of a disaster.
When I like something, I love it, but then I'll let it go completely.
Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.
I think if you set yourself specific goals, that's quite a lot of pressure.
I don't really have disappointments, because I build myself up for rejection.
If you're out, and starving, and need a bite to eat, then you need fast food.
As a kid, when you're in a film with somebody, you look up to them, you know?
My mum always says work goes in waves: you have a good spell and then it dips.
I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.
Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.
I'm not one of those people who sits around knowing all bands and going to gigs all the time.
It's awkward going to parties with people you don't know, especially when they think they know you.
I won't eat veal, and my mum won't eat lamb, because she thinks it's a bit harsh to eat cute things.
In real life you get out of the shower naked, so why wouldn't you do it on screen? It's just a normal thing.
I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.
I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.
I think all teenagers feel alone, and that nobody else knows what they are going through and all that sort of stuff.
Supposedly I'm impossible to talk to. But it's honestly not me being difficult. Sometimes you just don't have a lot to say.
The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.
That's the main thing, looking for interesting characters, good directors, and experiences where you're growing and learning.
Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and theyll look at me like theyre trying to think where they know me from.
I'm not too vain - I sometimes take pride in my appearance, but I stick to the rule never to spend longer than a girl getting ready.
Occasionally people will look at me and do a double take and they'll look at me like they're trying to think where they know me from.
I think interviews can be fine. It's just there's this terrible fear of coming off wrongly or saying something that gets taken out of context.
I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.
The action stuff is only good if you get the character stuff in there as well. Sometimes that get lost in amongst all the trying to make stuff blow up.
That's how I believed relationships worked: You go into town, pick up the girl you want, then ride off into the mountains and the townsfolk can't get them back.
I'm not one of those people who's saying "I'm going to set up a production company", because I like acting and not having to be a business man and do that side of things.
I don't mind my eyebrows. They add... something to me. I wouldn't say they were my best feature, though. People tell me they like my eyes. They distract from the eyebrows.
I'll eat anything. I ate antelope once in Swaziland. I didn't know what it was until I'd started chewing it. Everything tastes like chicken though doesn't it? It wasn't bad.
I try not to be too optimistic or pessimistic. If you're a pessimist then that's depressing all the time; if you're an optimist and things don't work out then that's depressing, too.
I remember doing my SATs on a film set; you had to complete the tests in a certain time and, obviously, you couldn't be interrupted. I think I did pretty well; it wasn't too difficult.
By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.
By the time I was 14, I was about six foot. I remember going into auditions, and they'd look at how tall I was and say, 'Well, you're taller than the lead actor, so there's no way we can cast you.'
Nowadays we have so many things that take our attention - phones, Internet - and perhaps we need to disconnect from those and focus on the immediate world around us and the people that are actually present.
I'm kind of feeling ashamed now that I never get bullied. Everyone keeps asking me, but I don't, and it's kind of annoying. I wish I could say I did get bullied, because then everyone would feel sorry for me.