Taron Egerton Quotes

People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.

- Taron Egerton

Think, Say, Always, Great Feeling

I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I'm desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I'll find it one day.

- Taron Egerton

My Life, Some, Romance, Cushioned

If I could play any superhero... my favorite superhero is Spider-Man. Andrew Garfield is wonderful at doing it to the point that I don't think I should play it.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Doing, Think, Garfield

I'm into books - I love literature, so I toyed with the idea of being an English teacher. I had a fantastic English teacher at school. I think great English teachers make the world go round.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Idea, I Think, Toyed

If something appeals, something appeals. I don't think I'm particularly calculated about it. I know I have an alarm bell that goes off in my head where something feels like it has no creative integrity to it at all, and it's just about making money.

- Taron Egerton

Head, Feels, About, Bell

I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.

- Taron Egerton

Always, Other, Very, Communal

I want variety. I certainly don't want any kind of hype if I can avoid it. I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety, I suppose, because - like a lot of people - I'm easily bored.

- Taron Egerton

Play, I Can, Out, Hype

I don't want to worry about maintaining an air of decorum that's not natural to me.

- Taron Egerton

Worry, Want, Natural, Decorum

I can say I'm not doing 'X-Men.' I love the franchise, and I love the people who make them on and off screen.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Doing, Franchise, X-Men

We don't quite have the same comic book culture as America, but I would watch Spider-Man cartoons and X-Men cartoons and watch Bond as much as anyone on the planet.

- Taron Egerton

Book, Bond, Planet, X-Men

I want to surprise people and do different things and maybe do something that's not quite financially rewarding.

- Taron Egerton

Surprise, Rewarding, Maybe, Financially

I have been in auditions where - because - you're always scared before, but if you let that scared feeling get the better of you or become too much, it could ruin your audition.

- Taron Egerton

Always, Audition, Auditions, Ruin

I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.

- Taron Egerton

Work, Own, My Own, Working Actor

It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.

- Taron Egerton

Act, Been, Mine, Animation

I completely get the drag thing.

- Taron Egerton

Get, Thing, Drag

I don't know if I'm quite grizzly enough. My facial hair is still very thin and patchy. I feel someone who plays Wolverine potentially needs testosterone in abundance.

- Taron Egerton

Abundance, Wolverine, Very, Potentially

If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.

- Taron Egerton

Life, Enjoying, Increasingly, Learnt

For an actor to have the chance to go and play something that's far away from yourself, physically and also in terms of personality, character, is so much fun.

- Taron Egerton

Chance, Play, Away, So Much Fun

I'm a big Otis Redding fan, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye. My hero is David Bowie. But I like the Beatles, the Stones.

- Taron Egerton

Green, Big, Stevie, None

I don't think I'm going to become Brad Pitt overnight, but I presume if walk down Oxford Street, there is a chance someone might clock me.

- Taron Egerton

Chance, Think, Going, Presume

All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.

- Taron Egerton

Feel, Very, All My Friends, Welsh

The endless teen franchises that come out of Hollywood... more often than not, the central character doesn't have any discernible character traits. They're just the young, good-looking guy who goes on this journey. They're always played by fantastic young actors, but ultimately, they're not very interesting characters.

- Taron Egerton

Hollywood, Very, Traits, Young Actors

Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

- Taron Egerton

Stupid, Doing, Still, Camera

The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Strokes, Bands, Islands

I feel like I've made good friends with people I've worked with, but in terms of lasting inspiration, it is probably Matthew Vaughn who directed 'Kingsman' who's been really supportive, loyal to me, and been a really good person to work with.

- Taron Egerton

Feel, Supportive, Been, Good Friends

I don't want to start getting my little violin out, but travelling across the world constantly and staying in hotels is tough, man.

- Taron Egerton

Want, Violin, Travelling, Hotels

I love funk and soul and Motown.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Soul, I Love, Funk

There are some parts of my life that are wonderful, and it's amazing to get to go to cool events and award shows and things like that, but I think the outside perception is that your life just changes overnight and you wear Dolce and Gabanna suits and drive a Mercedes. But life's just not like that.

- Taron Egerton

My Life, Some, I Think, Perception

I think the idea of participation trophies has gotta be a really, really great thing. Kids are under enough pressure as it is without encouraging them to be the best too early.

- Taron Egerton

Think, Participation, Early

For my money, when you're doing an on-camera performance, unless it's for something particularly stylised, you are, by and large, striving for naturalism.

- Taron Egerton

Doing, Particularly, Large, Naturalism

In school, I always sang in choirs. In fact, I used to do a lot of musicals in the youth theatre that I was a member of between the ages of 16 and 18.

- Taron Egerton

Fact, Always, Used, Musicals

I've made these films, and I'm really proud, but my lifestyle hasn't changed.

- Taron Egerton

Proud, Made, Films, Lifestyle

I grew up with Bond.

- Taron Egerton

Up, Grew, Bond

You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.

- Taron Egerton

Small, London, Admire, Revere

I want to have fun. I'm not interested in being a serious actor, because I think it's boring, and I think we've got plenty of them.

- Taron Egerton

Have Fun, Think, I Think, Not Interested

I'm not interested in going and doing a big, action-adventure romp with nothing to say about being a human being.

- Taron Egerton

Doing, Big, Human Being, Not Interested

I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.

- Taron Egerton

Interested, Being, Franchise, Not Interested

The whole spirit of 'Eddie The Eagle' is that it's the taking part that counts, not the winning.

- Taron Egerton

Winning, Part, Counts, Taking

I think a British icon is someone who conducts themself with real dignity: someone who is truly talented and modest. These are things that I would aspire to in my career.

- Taron Egerton

Career, Think, I Think, Talented

Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.

- Taron Egerton

Lovely, Other, Tied, Keeps

I didn't go to drama school to be a musical theatre performer. I enjoyed it, but I didn't go to do that; I went to be an actor.

- Taron Egerton

Go, Performer, Musical, Drama School

I applied to drama school when I was about 18 and didn't have any luck anywhere. They basically turned me away and said I had a bit of growing up to do. I went back to Aberystwyth and did my growing up by spending eight months working in Peacocks.

- Taron Egerton

Luck, Away, Turned, Drama School

In drama school, I entered a singing competition, which I ended up winning, which was great.

- Taron Egerton

Singing, Drama, Which, Drama School

I can afford to get Tesco's finest sandwiches rather than the basic ones.

- Taron Egerton

Afford, Rather, Finest, Basic

Part of me looks forward to a time when I have a family and a partner and I take less of my nourishment from social occasions. Having a little unit around me will make my working life easier, because it is quite lonely otherwise.

- Taron Egerton

Life, Part, Around, Easier

I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.

- Taron Egerton

Star, Like, Very, Conscious

I've had two fights in my life. Both times I threw one punch, and both times I broke my hand! I really am a stranger to the world of fighting.

- Taron Egerton

My Life, Broke, Threw, Punch

I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.

- Taron Egerton

Dreams, Winning, Had, Awards

If you watch a television show made by accomplished professionals of children's TV, it's all very expressive.

- Taron Egerton

Television, Very, TV, Accomplished

I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Variety, Which, Parts

That's the joy of making a movie: watching all the elements come together.

- Taron Egerton

Joy, Movie, Making, Elements

I've got Colin Firth's number in my phone!

- Taron Egerton

Number, Got, Colin, Phone

Doing 'Kingsman' is such hard work. It's so physical and demanding.

- Taron Egerton

Work, Hard Work, Doing, Demanding

I want to play real characters rather than young leads in very plotty things. I want variety.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Rather, Very, Variety

I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.

- Taron Egerton

Watch, Plastic, Films, Wallace

I have absolutely no interest in playing the young male lead around which a story happens.

- Taron Egerton

Young, Interest, Which, No Interest

I learned how to ski for 'Eddie the Eagle.' I never skied before. So I had to go out to Germany a couple of weeks early and make sure I could ski.

- Taron Egerton

Sure, Couple, Weeks, Eddie

I used to sculpt a bit as a kid.

- Taron Egerton

Kid, Used, Bit, Sculpt

I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.

- Taron Egerton

Places, Different People, Different Places

This is going to sound a bit weird because she's a lot older than I am, but I've got a thing for Meryl Streep.

- Taron Egerton

Sound, Going, Bit, Meryl

I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.

- Taron Egerton

Career, Commercial, Projects, Incredibly

I'd love to do something at Marvel, but I don't think I would do a seven-movie deal. That's a bit too much for me.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Think, Deal, Marvel

It's quite a thrill to be playing a hero.

- Taron Egerton

Hero, Playing, Quite, Thrill

Brie Larson's performance in 'Room' was pretty incredible.

- Taron Egerton

Incredible, Pretty, Room, Performance

I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.

- Taron Egerton

Incredible, Very, Enormous, Inspiring

I loved DreamWorks and Pixar, and I still love kids' films.

- Taron Egerton

Love, Dreamworks, Films, Pixar

I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.

- Taron Egerton

Movies, Loved, Always, Pixar

I like dogs, I just don't choose to spend time with them.

- Taron Egerton

Choose, Like, Spend, Dogs

I think being busy is a healthy thing.

- Taron Egerton

Busy, Think, I Think, Healthy

I did a musical when I was 17, an amateur show, and I loved it.

- Taron Egerton

Loved, Show, Musical, Amateur

I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Lot, Cast, Sympathetic

I've met some incredible people who I really admire.

- Taron Egerton

Admire, Some, Met, Incredible

I'd like to do a play, and I'd like to do a musical.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Like, Musical

I've never considered myself to be a fashionista type of guy.

- Taron Egerton

Myself, Never, Considered, Type

Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops.

- Taron Egerton

Play, Everyone, Means, Superhero

Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.

- Taron Egerton

Work, Always, Going, Obviously

I only act in films where I've got an A-lister as my mentor.

- Taron Egerton

Act, Only, Films, Mentor

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