I'm a terrible packer. I don't pack lots and lots because I think I'll wear everything, I pack a lot because I never know what I'm going to need. I always go over the weight limit.
You find with the really great actors, the ones you really admire and look up to, very often they're very giving, generous, warm people.
The best people to have power are the ones who don't want it.
Working with animals is always going to be tough because the animal doesn't know it's an actor.
I don't go to work thinking, 'Right, I'm going to be more heart-throbby today.'
When I'm applying for a new passport or something, someone will call me Christopher. Other than that, no one ever calls me Christopher.
I'm kind of a horse whisperer; I don't know what it is. I'm not great on a horse. I'm getting better, but I'm not brilliant. So yeah, I've spent a lot of time with horses. They're great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.
With 'Downton Abbey,' you're always stuck in one stately home.
I find you can lose yourself in an acting sense in a fight far more easily than you can in a dialogue scene, and I love that about it. We try as actors all the time: we strive just to completely sort of lose ourselves in the moment, and we never quite get there, but in a fight, you can do it in seconds; that is what I love about it.
There's an unhealthy obsession in America with royalty and the class system.
I didn't get into this for fame, I genuinely didn't. I love acting, and I know that's a cliche, but I didn't, really, I was very naive when it came to the whole being recognized thing.
I'm very lucky, I've got two very loving parents, still very much together, and always been very supportive.
'How to Train Your Dragon,' the first one, was a film I'd seen prior to being approached for the sequel. I don't often watch family animated movies, but it's one that I loved and thought was really well done: beautifully crafted storytelling.
I was called Kit from day one; really, I only found out my name was Christopher when I was 11.
I actually don't do much to my hair. It gets fussed over a lot on projects because there's a lot of it, and it's boy's hair, but as far as me, I tend to let it do what it wants.
My parents brought us up in a very clever way, which was that they saw what we were interested in naturally, and then they encouraged whatever that may be. When I started sharing a keen interest in drama and the theater, instead of steering me away from it, they encouraged me to see plays and think about drama school.
As an actor, you don't have much choice about your appearance. It's a good excuse for looking ridiculous.
I love New York; I love the city. It's impossible. It's a theme park of a city, isn't it.
There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.
Any kind of horror video game where I'm the first-person player and I'm... I suddenly stop caring about the video game dude, and I'm like, I really don't want him to die,' and then the minute he dies, it upsets me. I can't play those games.