Tipperary actor Daryl reveals his worst job ever was working as a Supermacs bunny

Tipperary actor Daryl McCormack has revealed that he owes his mother, Theresa, "his best effort" as she raised him a single parent.

However, he says the one thing he does not owe his mother is his nose.

Asked what he dislikes about his appearance, Daryl replied: "My nose. My mum always got teased for her nose, and she used to tell me we have the same nose, so I'm conscious of it."

The 30-year-old Nenagh born star of stage and screen was responding to a Q&A session in last Saturday's Guardian magazine.

Daryl has been nominated as rising star and best leading actor for his role in Good Luck to You Leo Grande with Emma Thompson, at this Saturday's Bafta awards.

Among the other parts of his life, he reveals that the worst job he ever had was working at a St Patrick's Day parade.

"I once had to dress up as a Supermacs bunny during a St Patrick's Day parade and shake hands with people. Kids kept trying to take off my gloves and punching my bunny head. It was awful," he tells Rosanna Greenstreet.

The Star of Peaky Blinders reveals that the closest he had a real life brush with the law was when he stole a bar of chocolate at the cinema when he was 10 or 11 years old.

"I didn't get caught," he says.

While he admits that the greatest love of his life is acting, he says his greatest fear is not actualising his full potential.

He describes himself as "attentive, encouraging and ambitious", but says his most unappealing habit is that "sometimes I zone out".