Aaron Taylor-Johnson quotes:

I grew up in the '90s. I listened to a lot of The Clash, Velvet Underground and Roxy Music. I wasn't into Boyzone, or anything.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

I'm always looking for something that's versatile from the last.

I knew the Beatles songs and how influential they are to other bands, but I'm not a fanatic, so I could look outside the box and observe.

I don't go online, I don't read reviews, I try not to look at anything on the Internet.

My world was completely different to other boys my age. When I was six I was earning money, and by 10 I was paying more tax than the parents of other pupils. I feel a lot older than my years. Because I was working with adults, I had to mature a lot quicker.

Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old - obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.

Something like making the NIT would have been a great way to showcase the season we had.

I was brought up by a really proud, supportive family, so I have that sort of grounding.

Life is more important than 'what film I do next.

It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.

Anyone who's got a guitar, you like to pick it up. I can play a couple of songs, some '50s rock and roll, a bit of Elvis. That's it, really - I'm not a musician, I'm not a singer.

I don't like to be me. I'm not so comfortable being me on screen because then I'd be a presenter. I'm not Jimmy Fallon.

I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.

I haven't got any friends from where I grew up, but that's not to do with fame.

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

I don't really know what the dream role would be. That's a hard question to answer. You never really know, until you're immersed into something, how passionate you feel for it and how it unravels.

It's great when talented people in the world, in the same business, can see your work and compliment you on what you're doing and take a strong interest in your movements in your career.

I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.

I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.

The buzz you get when you're playing a song and everyone is screaming and dancing and what have you and singing along is incredible.

The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.

I get on fine with my mum and dad, but if they want to see the grandchildren, they come to me.