Max Irons

"Acting advice is a bit like your parents teaching you how to drive a car. You know they're right, but you still kind of want them to shut up a bit."

"I've got my dad's height and smoking habit. But I think I've got my mum's looks and sensibilities."

"Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing."

"I mean, it's fine when you're a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, 'I've got this great game of pretend,' and you play... As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish - it is weird but it's wonderful."

"The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman."

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