It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.

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'm very much a "that's so obvious, I must not mention it" kind of guy.

It's a nightmare if you're working with someone you don't get on with, especially if you have to be in love with them.

You know that thing when you break up with someone and you’re walking around the town where you both live and you’re just really hoping to see them? You know that you’re not supposed to see them, but there’s nothing you want more.

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had.

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