Nicholas Hoult

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.

Life's too short for regrets.

Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.

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.

Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.

It's a scary life and sometimes you think you'll never work again.

A lot of child actors keep acting for the wrong reasons.

I've got a really great family round me, two sisters and an older brother and my mum and dad. Everybody's equal.

I don't think parents always know where their children are going or what they are doing, what they are up to.

I've realized why I don't tell the truth in interviews. It's because they're printed months later, and you change so quickly - you have new thoughts, new everything - so people are reading an old version of you.

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.