MATTHEW LEWIS

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

I get too excited about football and rugby.

When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.

As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story.

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me.

I'm not a big fan of people knowing too much about me.

I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy.

For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.

I've got my life and 'Harry Potter,' where I travel the world, I make films, I meet amazing people, I do press junkets and stuff. And then I go back home to Leeds, where I live, and I've got the same friends from before.

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

I never went to drama school.

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.

You don't get time to rehearse in film and TV at all.

Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

I'm very professional.

I don't feel hunky at all.

I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero.

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.