Top 35 Alfie Allen Quotes

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.

I’ve always wanted to get into theatre.

I actually love pressure.

Finn Jones, me and him hang out a lot.

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.

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 was a big Damon Hill fan, and I loved Michael Schumacher.

I was never a gym person before ‘Game Of Thrones.’ The idea of it was a bore to me – and it kind of still is – but I had a problem with my knee, so I can’t play sport as much as I’d like to.

Big sisters exaggerate.

Contrast of emotions is definitely something interesting that you like to do as an actor.

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

My mum wouldn’t do a film for money. She does it as a passion. That’s why she’s involved in things that are so brilliant. She really cares about what she does.

I like to get home, flop on the couch, and watch Sky Sports News. I’m just your average bloke.

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

I’ve always known my dad is a one-off and his own person. But I feel that underneath he has always loved me.

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.

A lot of people have the misconception that I decided to become an actor when Lily became famous and have accused me of jumping on her bandwagon. But that’s completely untrue.

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

I actually love pressure. I loved playing sport at school in front of a crowd; I love being on stage in front of a big audience. I buzz off that.

For years, my dad’s friend Joe was just my dad’s friend. And it was only when I was 12 or 13 I learned that he was the lead singer of a band called The Clash.

I’m not an experienced sailor.

I’ve got rid of the ADD, but I do find it hard to concentrate sometimes.

I’m really bad at keeping secrets.

I haven’t had a lot of ‘Games Of Thrones’ groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don’t seem that invasive.

It’s amazing. I love being an uncle.

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!

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 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.

There wasn’t a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

I’m really lovely and sensitive.

You can say to actors that you’ve got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.

I’m so computer illiterate, I barely know how to send an e-mail. I mean, I have a laptop and Gmail, but I don’t really look at it much.

I just loved going fast. I still enjoy go-karting. I was also good at rugby, and my dad wanted me to be a sportsman, but I never thought I could do sports professionally.

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.’

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.