As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's why I became an actor, really.

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I am dyslexic, so I really struggled in school. I knew I was never going to sit behind a desk or do something involving numbers.

I love to ride horses. I've ridden since I was a kid so I got to do some riding, which was a lot of fun. But most of the stunts were left to the girls. It's the girls rescuing the guys mostly. So it was kind of really kick-ass, girl power. It was wonderful to watch. It was particularly sexy. They would come in and just slay in these choreographed pentagram of death fight scenes. It was pretty impressive.

I think we can't feed the amount of people that are on this planet the way we are doing it.

I'd love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson or Quentin Tarantino, but these are dreams I don't need to rush to achieve. I'll be ready to make those movies when I'm ready to make those movies and they're ready to make them with me, if they ever want to.

It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen.