Eddie Redmayne considered retiring after he won a Best Actor Oscar.

He admitted: "I had a moment of, 'Oh f**k, I might retire tomorrow. I'm never going to do anything again.'

"The thought that it happened too early came in for a second. But then I thought, No, I want this."

Despite his Oscar win and frequent praise from critics, the 'Danish Girl' actor insists he still has to work incredibly hard.

He told Details magazine: "It's not as if I have got talent enough to not work hard with it."

However, his 'Les Miserables' co-star Hugh Jackman thinks Eddie is one of the best actors he has ever worked with.

He told the publication: "Eddie is one of the few actors I've worked with who, during rehearsals, when we're reading through the script, his delivery was so natural that, not once but three times, I thought he'd stopped reading and was just talking.

"He fooled the entire cast at the table read. He's one of the best I've ever worked with."