"When you're seventeen to early twenties, that's the time you're trying to work out who you are. If you're trying to make some kind of artistic or creative impact, that's the age when you start to figure out how to do that."

"My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town."

"There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life."

"I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation."

"I'm also a fan of ridiculously coloured and patterned socks."

"I suppose whenever you go through periods of transition, or in a way, it's a very definite closing of a certain chapter of your life - I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don't know what's going to happen."

"There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It's not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and being proud that you are different."

"It's mainly about working hard and proving to people you're serious about it, and stretching yourself and learning. The mistake a lot of actors make, particularly young ones, is allowing themselves to feel that they're the finished articles, the bee's knees, and it's not true."

"Poetry is something I love to do. Good poetry has an amazing ability to be communicative before it's even understood. I get emotional just from the beauty of words."

"Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you."

"I like the idea of not having to do stuff for the money, and if I want to, I can pick indie projects for the rest of my life and be quite happy doing that."

"Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic."

"I basically have the diet of a 19th-century Irish navy, apart from the litre of stout a day. It's meat and potatoes and bread and cheese: those are my four food groups."

"Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself."

"I'm not clumsy; just accident prone."

"Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking."

"I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this."

"I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring."

"I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar."

"I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it."

"Stage is much more intimidating than going before the cameras, because you can really screw up, and can't do a retake."

"I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back."

"I just moved into the world of Xbox Live. And I've discovered that everyone on the Internet is a lot better than me. I spent half an hour the other day designing a boxer, and I got knocked out twice in the first round."

"There's never enough time to do nothing!"