CHARLIE HEATON

I seem to have the best onscreen mums.

You can go to school and learn and that works for some people. But I think the best kind of learning is practical and learning on the job.

That concept is quite universal, looking for love.

When you're a young actor, you're expected to live a transient life.

Every time I go somewhere, I'm like, 'This is where I want to be.' And then I'm like, 'But do I want to live here?'

I got my awkward years out of the way.

I grew up in Bridlington until I was 16, and I lived with my mum and my sisters. I finished school, got my GCSE's, and at the time I didn't know what I wanted to do.

I want to work and continue to work - that's all I've ever done.

When something steps in from the work you are doing and breaks into your personal life... you feel kind of vulnerable.

I sometimes think, 'What am I doing standing on this red carpet?' It's hard to believe. You just tell yourself, 'Just play along and hopefully no one will notice!'

I wouldn't say I do that much extreme sport - maybe one day.

I think people are interesting enough. People with mental illness, or just real people going through real circumstances in life.

I was against getting Beats cause I know they're kind of really popular and you know, hey're such a well known brand. But, I ended up buying them and they have changed my life, and the best thing about these is the battery life.

When I see my old mates they will say, 'You're doing well, good on you!' It kind of blows their minds - it blows my mind too!

If you don't know, 'The New Mutants' is like an 'X-Men' spin-off. It was a comic book; Bill Sienkiewicz did it and it was an 'X-Men' comic. It's basically like a separate bunch of mutants.

Sometimes you watch stuff and it's like, oh God - it's the obvious cliches of the genre. You've got to do better.

I'm pretty adventurous, I go out a lot.

I'm not having to grow up in the spotlight as a 14- or 15-year-old.

I had done acting at school, and it felt like something that came very naturally to me.

I am an advent Arsenal fan, so wherever I am doesn't matter what time it is, when they're playing I have to get up and watch the game.

A lot of the things that we do in life are to find connection.

Prior to doing 'Marrowbone,' I'd done three projects, which were all American.

They see you as one thing, and you continue to do that. Do you want to play this really awkward, offbeat outsider? Yeah. I can - but I can do other things. It's having people trust that you can do other things, or proving it to them.

I've lived out of a suitcase for four years.

My first job was a commercial for a Swiss insurance company. It was an eight-minute short with a proper story arc, and it ended up getting a spot at Cannes Lions; I was lucky to avoid the commercials where you're their puppet.