Ben Barnes

I didn't have any pets growing up.

I don't believe in that kind of pragmatic career ladder stuff.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.

I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

I've actually, very rarely have I worked in my own voice. I've played, I think, Russian, American, Northern from the North of England. All sorts of different accents I've worked in.

Actually what I'd like is to have a reputation as someone who's been wild and gone straight, but without having to go through the trouble of being bad.

My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.

I am comfortable playing the fool, I think.

People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week.

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there.

I'd rather be shot than be seen falling out of some trendy club.