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• I’m a hard-mouthed northeastern lad. That’s me – the Eminem of Northeast England.

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• I wanted to be a journalist for a long time.

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• I’ll tell you what I hate – bands like My Chemical Romance.

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• I think everyone still thinks I’m 13.

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• I tap dance.

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• I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it’s real, and you’re really there.

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• I sympathize with every kitchen porter.

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• I often find the smaller, independent films are much more rewarding than the bigger stuff, but you do the bigger stuff because it’s a business, and you’ve got to show your face a bit, get yourself around.

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• I never really sympathised with Peter Parker.

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• I never had a father figure so I never missed it.

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• I love the old Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies; they’re so beautiful to look at. It’s such a shame we don’t make them anymore. Although, I don’t know how you could make tap dancing current and topical.

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• I love documentaries. It’s actually my favorite medium of film.

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• I lost my mind at 15. I’d been shown a world where there were no boundaries, where everyone gave me all the power. And I was like, ‘This is great!’ Then that was gone. But I was like, ‘Yeah, but I still want that.’ I’d lost my humble, very quiet, introverted sensibilities which I think I definitely had as a kid.

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• I look at my contemporaries, and we’re all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.

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• I have, I think, eight mentors. It’s crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

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• I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples – Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore – of people who have made it through.

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• I go into meetings with some film-makers and they literally have nothing to say, they’re almost bored by their own material. I’d rather work with people who are very passionate and very animated about what they want to do. People who just want to tell stories.

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• I had teen angst for a while, but I think every teenager has the angst.

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• I excelled in English while I was at school.

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• I don’t think there’s a lot of actors out there right now who really know what they’re doing at all.

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Birth:	14th March, 1986
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor

About

Andrew James Matfin Bell was born in Billingham, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England. He is an English actor and dancer who rose to prominence for his debut role in Billy Elliot for which he won the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role. His role in several films include: Nicholas Nickleby, Undertow, Dear Wendy, King Kong, Flags of Our Fathers, Jumper, The Eagle, The Adventures of Tintin, Snowpiercer, Filth, and Fantastic Four. His role in television include: Close and True(legal drama) and Turn: Washington's Spies(Historical drama).

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