Sometimes I like to go out; sometimes I like to chill and do nothing.
An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the time it's easy for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' took a risk on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.
You feel that your character is special. It's not your normal nine-to-five. You're not someone who goes home and lives a normal life.
Your character - you own it. That's something you have to grab hold of on 'This Is England'. Your character is your character.
I was never on the side of the teachers at school. Even though I put all the work into getting the main role in the end-of-year musical when I was 11, they didn't give it me, even though they knew I should have had it. That sort of drove me into am dram and getting the main part in another production. And I did.
The thing is, with 'This Is England', you're always thinking as yourself. You're acting on an instinct. You're acting on what you've heard, what you've been told, and what's happened beforehand.
What I say about 'This Is England' is they're like my best friends back home. Normal, working-class, beautiful people who I'm creative with.
'Wonderland' was incredible, but 'Once Upon A Time,' I found it quite soul-destroying.
I started in theatre; the first bit of drama I did was amateur dramatics, up until I was 19. Then the TV and film opportunities came along, but now I was just ready to come back.
Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.