When you've been in the tabloids as a drunken 'It-boy', people automatically assume you're thick.

As my mum still candidly says, I was the runt of the litter.

This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

You want to be appreciated for all your work as opposed to one performance, but I'll always be 'that bloke from 'Lock, Stock'.' You've got to embrace it.

You learn as much from doing a bad film as a good one.

When you've been in the tabloids as a drunken 'It-boy', people automatically assume you're thick.

Someone told me about drama schools, and they seemed like mythological places - you can really go and be in drama classes all day? I inadvertently entered into this world where people wore bicycle clips and did song-and-dance routines in the corridors.