Butterfield: "I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge."

Butterfield: "The whole celebrity culture is super weird, but I'm part of it for some reason, and you kind of have to be as an actor to be successful."

Butterfield: "I work and come home and just have a type of normal home life. It's what I've always wanted. I've never felt like I'm pressured into doing something and that I've got loads of responsibility."

Butterfield: "I don't see myself acting for the rest of my life."

Butterfield: "I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect with, whether that's a science fiction or a period piece. It doesn't really matter as long as they're original and I have something to do with the character."

Butterfield: "I don't like to set myself goals because then you might fail to reach them. I just go with the flow."

Butterfield: "Whilst I've got these opportunities, and whilst I still love doing it, acting is something I can see myself continuing forever until I get bored of it."

Butterfield: "I'm very optimistic. I'm happy-go-lucky, I guess. I try to be."

Butterfield: "I always think that trying to push yourself as an actor in a direction that you've never been before, developing characters which are more difficult to get into the head of, or are more interesting and further away from yourself, is always a challenge. But, you want to take up that challenge and try your best."

Butterfield: "When things don't go your way, you brush it aside and carry on. Don't take what you have for granted. Enjoy what you have."

Butterfield: "I already had a lot of friends at school who didn't care about the whole acting thing, so there was no reason for me to not be in school."

Butterfield: "I like science fiction. I am quite a technologically kind of up-to-date person. I like seeing what the new developments are."

Butterfield: "When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources to draw upon when acting."

Butterfield: "I've played a worrying number of orphans, children who have been abandoned or had something terrible happen to them."

Butterfield: "I did a film, 'X+Y', in which I played somebody on the autistic spectrum. It's a subject I didn't know very much about, but being an actor gives yourself the opportunity to really immerse yourself in that world and learn things. It's one of the great things about what I do."

Butterfield: "I never wanted to be home-schooled. I didn't like the idea of being home-schooled."

Butterfield: "When you're working in the industry, and you're working with people who are well known and are so regarded, you do just pick up on things. Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot."