Ben Barnes Quotes

I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out.

I actually went to university.

Sexuality is a topic that has huge shifts in -society. Attitudes toward different sexualities change, but the actual sexuality of a human being is something that's consistent, and it's consistently interesting, and so people write about it.

Actually what I'd like is to have a reputation as someone who's been wild and gone straight, but without having to go through the trouble of being bad.

I would like to work with whoever would like to have me.

I went to a very academically competitive high school. So I was always quite studious and quiet, just to keep up with the other geniuses who were in my school.

I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.

I'm not that kind of Bob Dylan, tortured creative.

No one wants to be with a girl that your mother would pick for you.

My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.

Sword fighting is just as fun as it looks on the screen.

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.

When I was younger I didn't really know what genre of music I'd want to do because I'd always done so many different types, so many impressions.

I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.

I'm probably a little too uninhibited.

I've actually, very rarely have I worked in my own voice. I've played, I think, Russian, American, Northern from the North of England. All sorts of different accents I've worked in.

I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on the characteristics of some of the characters you play. Sometimes it can be a great thing and sometimes it's a bit haunting because you're not quite sure how to leave it on set. My dad talks about it as being 'de-personalised.'

I'd rather be shot than be seen falling out of some trendy club.

Sometimes success comes in ways you don't expect.

We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.

People recognize actors that they see regularly, like people they see on the television every week.

You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.

I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.

I love music, and I love singing.

When you're doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.

I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling.

Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it's one of the most simple forms of storytelling.

I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.

I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.