JEREMY IRVINE

I'm the biggest Chekov fan - there's something that he does that not many other writers do.

I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition.

There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.

I like doing stuff with my friends.

I always wonder whether I'll get treated differently with a different accent.

I've always been into dark colours.

All actors have to change their name.

'Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.

My bedroom's like an armoury.

I spend a lot of time in L.A., and I think it would probably be easier if I lived there work wise, but there's no city like London, there is so much going on. I can jump on the Tube and be anywhere in 20 minutes, and all my friends and family are here and I'm not prepared to give that up.

Every time I get a role I think, 'I've actually fooled them again, I can't believe they keep falling for this!'

Determination becomes obsession and then it becomes all that matters.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

I had a great drama teacher, and he sort of made out drama school as this incredibly difficult thing to get into: 6,000 people apply every year, and some of the schools only have 12 places. It's a phenomenally difficult thing to get into. And that excited me - I wanted that challenge.

When I find a look that I like, that's my entire wardrobe.

I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.

I went to an all-boys school and hated feeling like one of the crowd.

I wouldn't want to see any animal in pain, no matter what.

You can be the best actor in the world, but if you don't have that one lucky moment, it kind of doesn't matter. There are a lot of amazing actors who will never get the chance to prove themselves because they won't have that one lucky moment.

I think that among my friends I'm known as being a hard worker; I think if you want to be an actor, there can't be any compromise. You have to work all day, every day. It's not a 9-5 job. There's always something to learn.

The only mistake guys can make is to try too hard with their appearance. There's something very unmanly about it.

If a horse doesn't want to do something, you're not going to make him do it. They're incredibly powerful animals.

The work my mum does, a lot of it is re-housing homeless people, that's a real job. I play make-believe and dressing up for a living!

I think camping is one of those things where if you're forced into it as a child, you'll probably hate it as an adult.

My first time acting for camera really was for Steven Spielberg in War Horse. I was trained in theater and I was actually working in theater at the time. I had a small role with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which is a huge prestigious theater company back in England. I honestly thought that was as good as it got.