Ed Speleers
Ed Speleers
Edward John "Ed" Speleers is an English actor and producer. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film Eragon, as well as starring in Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning TV series Downton Abbey...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 April 1988
kids thinking play
From a stupidly young age I was always involved in anything, whether it be a nativity play or little kids plays. Wherever it was, I was involved and I think it was because more than anything, I wanted to be the center of attention.
thinking people looks
If I look at the people that I look up to, a lot of them don't come to the forefront until their early to mid-30s. I think the most exciting roles are definitely yet to come.
interesting people different
People have interesting things to say and you're only going to learn from different people's experience and knowledge.
thinking eight too-much
I think I was shown Pulp Fiction and Goodfellas at seven or eight. That's really bad. I think I've turned out all right; it didn't harm me too much.
character thinking trying
When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character...
world branches littles
I did listen to 1920s jazz or Al Johnson and a lot of early singers coming out of England. I would branch out a little bit to get a sense of the world that he might be coming into, in the '30s when jazz was changing.
brother school years
I've got to give my brother a lot of credit because he's always introduced me to a lot of things and those films spiked an interest of, "Wow, this is an incredible world, how do you be a part of that?" That definitely helped me through my school years of doing theater.
acting remember wanted
I've always loved [acting] and I've always wanted to [do it] from as far back as I can remember.
people ifs i-can
I can get quite down on myself because if people don't like what you're doing, it's hard.
challenges important actors
A challenge is always important; as an actor, as a human, it's good to face challenges and it's good to push your boundaries.
growing-up firsts young
It's funny because growing up, when Ali G first burst off the screen, it was something that I was probably too young to be watching, but I absolutely loved it...
strong interesting important
If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out to a broad audience, that's an interesting thing.
people gold want
I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."
years careers acting
I really do consider myself quite fledgling in my acting career. I've only been doing it for 10 years and that's a short amount of time, really.