I like playing dark, broody types.

At drama school, I was always playing the 11-year-old boys.

I went to school, and I remember that you had to do these tests to find out what set you're in - how clever you are. I put down "Kit Harington," and they looked at me like I was completely stupid, and they said, "No, you're Christopher Harington, I'm afraid." It was only then I learnt my actual name. That was kind of a bizarre existential crisis for an 11-year-old to have, but in the end I always stuck with Kit, because I felt that's who I was. I'm not really a "Chris."

I wear quite fitted clothing. I don't like wearing baggy stuff.

You don't want to seem too eager, too romantic - otherwise, it just looks a bit try-hard. But I do think that a first date should be intimate. So I'd choose a nice dinner somewhere cozy, not too crowded, with good wine.

I've inherited the bad poetry genes, but not the inventor genes.

You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.