Eddie Redmayne says “acting is not surgery”, so stars shouldn’t be so discouraged about criticism.

The British actor loves to entertain audiences with his stage and big screen performances. Eddie appreciates both negative and positive reviews as downbeat comments spur him on to achieve more in his career.

"Listen, acting is not surgery, it's entertainment. You're doing something to hopefully move people, to make them laugh, to transport them,” he told British newspaper The Independent.

“But actors are vulnerable, and the reason we're vulnerable is that we're always trying to recreate human behaviour. And any human being has the right to look at that behaviour and decide if it looks real to them or not. Everyone has that capacity for judgment, everyone can turn around and say, 'Sorry, but I just don't believe that.’ So if you have thin skin – and I don't have particularly thick skin – then your need to constantly please people, well... it's completely impossible. That's why I still feel I've got so much work to do, to really try and nail this thing.”

Eddie won the Critics’ Circle award for best Shakespearean performance for his portrayal of Richard II at London's Donmar Warehouse.

The 30-year-old loves appearing on stage as it allows him to constantly tweak his work.

"You never get it close to getting it right, you never get one line exactly how your notion of it should be. That's what's so exciting about theatre,” he gushed.

“Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks. But people often ask, how can you do the same play night after night for months on end and not get bored? And that's the reason. In theatre you always have the chance to try and fix what you did the night before."