I studied history when I was at school, at A-level, actually. I wouldn't profess to being very knowledgeable though, no.
There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.
My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.
I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and I love that about it. We try as actors all the time: we strive just to completely sort of lose ourselves in the moment, and we never quite get there, but in a fight, you can do it in seconds; that is what I love about it.
There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.
I love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it.
I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing.