Jack O'Connell

I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.

I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.'

I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.