Alfie Allen

I don't have any fear of turning 30. But maybe that's because I know I'm never going to be 30 mentally at any point in my life!

My advice to any teenager would be don't try too hard - just get on with it. That's what I did. Have fun; enjoy life.

I saw a psychiatrist when I was younger because I had ADHD, and I had some problems with authority, so I guess I can kind of relate to that in a way. I know what it's liked to be probed and to be asked questions where people are looking for a certain answer and are trying to pull something out of your answer.

I didn't go to drama school, so I didn't really have many true friends in the business; 'Game Of Thrones' has definitely brought me that.

Although I have fantastic connections, I didn't know as a child what feeling secure meant.

Game of Thrones' is my big break, so I've got to make the most of it, keep acting well.

It's great when you see things on a massive scale and you see these huge sets, but it's not the be-all and end-all - it can be about characters as well.

I have no complaints about my childhood.

When I was a kid, I was roaming through Glastonbury Festival at eight years old, on my own. I say 'on my own', but I was probably with my oldest sister Sarah, and she would have been 13 or 14 at the time, so she'd have been walking us around. But I got to go places and meet people, and was trusted a lot, without a doubt.

I said I would like to do some theatre, so people started searching for some jobs for me, and I didn't think it would be the lead role in 'Equus.'

Richard Madden, I loved to work alongside him; he's a very funny man.

Obviously, in theatre, you work chronologically, so you kind of know where your emotions are supposed to be, and you're always on top of things, and as an actor, you always know what's coming next.