Alfie Allen

Actor

58 Quotes

I don't have any fear of turning 30. But maybe that's because I know I'm never going to be 30 mentally at any point in my life!

I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD, and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it's liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer and are trying to pull something out of your answer.

I'm definitely not a bad guy in real life.

It's fun playing the bad guy. It comes naturally.

I do prefer playing baddies because you can push being horrible as far as you want.

Meeting Peter Dinklage was just great.

My mum wouldn't do a film for money. She does it as a passion. That's why she's involved in things that are so brilliant. She really cares about what she does.

I did have a problem concentrating on anything for more than 10 seconds. I was one of the first kids in the U.K. to go on Ritalin, and my mum hated it, and I hated it.

Acting has never been a thing that me and my dad have talked about. It's like footballers: when they get together, I bet the last thing they talk about is football.

I just loved going fast. I still enjoy go-karting. I was also good at rugby, and my dad wanted me to be a sportsman, but I never thought I could do sports professionally.

I remember being in St. Lucia and my dad taking me out on a jet ski. I was very young, too young, but, yup, dad does like to break rules.

When I was a kid, I was roaming through Glastonbury Festival at eight years old, on my own. I say 'on my own', but I was probably with my oldest sister Sarah, and she would have been 13 or 14 at the time, so she'd have been walking us around. But I got to go places and meet people, and was trusted a lot, without a doubt.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

I was a big Damon Hill fan, and I loved Michael Schumacher.

It's amazing. I love being an uncle.

It's not about the money; it's about the content.

You can say to actors that you've got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

I've got rid of the ADD, but I do find it hard to concentrate sometimes.

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