I've been on sets where I broke my ankle on a television show doing a stunt playing Arthur in 'Camelot.' That was because it was really rushed, and it hadn't been thought through properly.
Jamie Campbell Bower
People can hate on you for doing what it is that makes you happy, but ultimately, it has to belong to you. It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You have to find your own path to enlightenment.
I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.
You know, Johnny Depp has always been a massive inspiration for me and he's somebody who has produced an incredible amount of work, and every single piece that he does is amazing.
I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me.
Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight.
I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.
I'd love to be a part of 'Star Wars.' I'd be a Sith, of course - I'm English! We've got the voice, and it's perfect for the bad guys.
Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend.
My essentials are skinny jeans, loose-fitting tees, big jumpers, and the leather jacket. Everything is black or blue - I don't own anything colorful.
Being on a movie set is wonderful experience, but it's a bubble - it isn't real life.
I write music. I'm in a band.
There's nothing worse than finishing your last take on a movie and thinking, 'God! I finally nailed who this guy was!'
I tend to thrive on being misquoted. It's the only way I sound good.
I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.
I think I'm always drawn to a good story.
I suppose with any character that you play you always bring your personal experience to it. You always bring people that you know or that you've met and sort of - this is what I do, I mean, I don't know what anyone else does - but people that you know or that you've met that have affected you in certain ways, you bring into it.
Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.
I'm a horrible romantic!
'Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to be involved in.
For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's good to know.
I do love mythology.
I'm nervous when taking part in any movie.
I'm hardly the sexiest man in the world. I'm a bit of a geek.
I don't mind if people are saying nasty things about me behind my back - I just don't want to know about them.
People don't get it; they think I'm rich. I'm not! I have no money.
I want to do more movies. I feel like it's a totally different skill set than there is to theater. It's much more internal.
I wanted to be a part of the first 'Twilight' movie, and unfortunately, it didn't work out so great. So when they came back and were like, 'Do you want to come in for a part for the second movie,' I was like, 'Absolutely.'
I'm a dirty kid: I like to be outside, I like to run about, I like to get messy. So I spent a lot of time outside as a kid, skating and just being a disaster. I was obsessed with Dogtown - I still am obsessed with Dogtown, the Z-Boys. I love Stacy Peralta and Jay Adams and Andrew Reynolds, all these guys. I used to think I was Chad Muska.
Euro Disney is not my vibe. I can't really deal with Disney, man. It's not my thing.
I went to boarding school in the country, so there's no real differentiation between family and friends. I went there from when I was 8 until I was 17 - it was insane. If you earn my friendship, you are my family, and I'll do anything for you.
England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be.
I think that there should be this thing for cover-ups on tattoos. I want to develop it. It's like a skin-toned transfer, and then all the make-up artist has to do is airbrush over it to blend it into the skin. There's nothing like that. At the moment, you literally have to go red and get it to skin color, which takes forever.
I'm working on my music a lot, like folk singing, guitar. It's sort of rocky, folky, alty, angsty. I'm putting a lot of energy into that. I write pretty much all the time.
I feel responsible for certain fans, but I've never said I'm a role model.
When I was 16, I used to hang out at the Nambucca pub in North London and see The Libertines play live.
I see myself as a mascot for the kids who get beat down and don't feel like they belong.
