Alfie Allen

What I've been noticing is people coming up to me and going, 'Are you an actor?' which is cool. That's ultimately what I want.

I think that's how any actor would make their performance convincing: by bringing an element of themselves into the character.

I'm not interested in 'lovey dovey,' everything is so great in the world. That doesn't interest me at all.

I wanted to be a race car driver when I was a kid.

I did have a problem concentrating on anything for more than 10 seconds. I was one of the first kids in the U.K. to go on Ritalin, and my mum hated it, and I hated it.

We went to Ibiza, and I was on Ritalin, and, for a kid who couldn't concentrate, I read a 200-page book on King Arthur, and my mum just hated it. She said it just wasn't me.

I definitely feel like I had a different upbringing to a lot of other people, but not in a bad - or good - way.

It's not about the money; it's about the content.

I wasn't expelled for anything vicious, just being cheeky, not doing what I was told, answering back, and always rising to the bait if someone said something annoying about my dad.

I remember being in St. Lucia and my dad taking me out on a jet ski. I was very young, too young, but, yup, dad does like to break rules.

I do prefer playing baddies because you can push being horrible as far as you want.

I would like to think that I'm always honest with myself and others. I guess that's what makes me a half-decent actor.