Quotes from Freddie Fox

I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.

No one with a bad tie is getting my vote. Some Lib Dems wear the most shockingly awful ties.

I want to have a very definite style that people recognise as being 'Fred Fox.'

Dad hates London.

I suppose what I look for most in a part, other than it being different than the part before, is: Does he interest me? Will I have fun getting to know him and, to a greater or lesser degree, physically embodying him?

There'll probably be moments in my life where it seems that people will want to camp out on my doorstep, and moments when no one wants to hire me and couldn't be less interested. I've been around the circus, and it'll come and go.

At drama school we were encouraged to keep fit and healthy, but not to bulk out. We were told to stay lithe to allow our bodies to morph when we're playing various parts. Running is ideal for this, especially when I needed a lean look for the Channel 4 drama 'Cucumber.'

I adore clothes. More importantly, I admire people who dress well.

I'm not easily wound up, but overly cynical people irritate me.

I enjoyed throwing the toys out of the pram, although not in a petulant way.

It would be silly for me to say I'll only ever love women. That would be crazy.

I don't really approach any part in any particular way. I tend to get an instinct on the way I want to do it, depending on that role.

So often gay characters, particular those portrayed in an era where gayness was something of a taboo and a statement about 'who I am and no one's going to trample me down,' are more colourful and interesting - and for an actor, that's enticing.

We're into a world where we're not talking about gay or straight or bisexual any more so much as we're talking about being transgender or identifying as a woman if you're a man.

My favourite film is 'Tootsie.' I suppose that's because it's very much about my industry and I love all the jokes, albeit a slightly bygone age of the 1980s, a world that I really understand.

People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.

As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.

I know how lucky I am, and I am aware that I have to fight the perception that I am also a spoiled brat.

Everybody who I've spoken to who was conscious when 'Queer as Folk' went out says it was a complete game-changer. It completely changed people's perception of young, gay men especially.

The joy of being a chameleon on stage is that you can be anything, and yet you're not any of those things as well.

Some people cannot stand up in front of people and talk, and I can - I think that's something you don't learn; you're born with it.

I was obsessive and made my parents take me to the hairdressers way more often than I needed to.

As actors, we have the best job in the world, but occasionally it can be made difficult by ego and by not listening to each other and lack of communication.

Look, I certainly couldn't say that my unusual upbringing didn't lend itself to becoming an actor - of course it did. People want to see what Edward and Joanna's son can do.