Actor

New York is full of crazy people, and I like that.

I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

You just have to surround yourself with people who are going to support and love you before trying to sell you as a product, or push you into something you don't want to do.

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.

Dancing is like riding a bike.

Surfing isn't really in my blood. It's hard to catch a big wave in Billingham.

My characters are often without a significant parental figure.

I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans.

I'm a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

I think everyone still thinks I'm 13.

I actually don't mind rats at all. I kind of think they're quite cute, but that's just me.

Music is pretty therapeutic.

I don't think there's a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they're doing at all.

I never had a father figure so I never missed it.

I'm very good at meeting people, very outgoing.

I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they're almost bored by their own material. I'd rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.

I lost my mind at 15. I'd been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, 'This is great!' Then that was gone. But I was like, 'Yeah, but I still want that.' I'd lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid.

I've just been blessed to work with these really great people.

What's weird is that I work with these directors and then I start channeling them. I kind of turn into them a bit - which is cool when you're working with Clint Eastwood.

I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they're so beautiful to look at. It's such a shame we don't make them anymore. Although, I don't know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.