Samuel Peter W. Rileyis an English actor and singer best known for his performance in the 2007 biographical film Control, about the life of Ian Curtis... (wikipedia)
'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.
I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.
I'd been told I was going to be the next big thing. But in actual fact, the complete opposite happened.
I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.
My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.
I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.
To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.
I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.
I'm Angelina Jolie's sidekick in 'Maleficent'. It's cool.
I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
As an actor, I still dont really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.
We panic if theres two centimeters of snow in London.
I learned to stop looking on the Internet pretty early on.
I watch all the classic films that film people say that you ought to have seen, and I try to watch things in the cinema when they come out, just to keep my eye on the competition. I'm bored when I'm not working.
For me the costume is always a huge part of getting into character.
Whenever you read interviews with actors, they always seem to be given three months to do something - get fat, get skinny, learn card tricks.
I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.
I couldnt really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt n vinegar crisps.