Ben Barnes

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. ”

I love music, and I love singing. ”

I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege. ”

I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others. ”

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. ”

My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was younger. ”

You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me. ”

I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling. ”

When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons. ”