American actors are all muscular, tanned, white teeth and they have this indestructible confidence. We British are all... Dare I say it? Pessimistic.

As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.

Well, I couldn't spell my name until I was eight - my second name. I was so dyslexic. Max I could do. Irons, nope.

If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.

I think it's quite good to have an amount of unavailability.

I don't look on the Internet; it's a world of pain.

I never wear sneakers. I don't feel comfortable in them.