I dont like myself without a beard.

Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different.

You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters that actually existed. There's so much more to draw on and your research as an actor becomes much easier than if it's some fiction that you're trying to create a world around and background and history.

Everyone likes a bit of competition.

I’d been auditioning for parts for years, I never got any better at it. I’m crap at auditions.

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.