Ben Barnes

There are plenty of people in the world who have tried to be rock stars and have not gotten there. Ben Barnes

People Rock Star

You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me. Ben Barnes

Bad Doubt God

Actually what I'd like is to have a reputation as someone who's been wild and gone straight, but without having to go through the trouble of being bad. Ben Barnes

Bad

My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist. Ben Barnes

Dad Mum Professor

When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me. Ben Barnes

Good Lawyer Me

There are loads of websites devoted to me. Ben Barnes

Devoted Loads Me

Sword fighting is just as fun as it looks on the screen. Ben Barnes

Fighting Fun Looks

I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff. Ben Barnes

Age Always Cool

We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry. Ben Barnes

Cultural Industry Live

I am comfortable playing the fool, I think. Ben Barnes

Comfortable Fool I Am

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war. Ben Barnes

Family Life War