United Kingdom, Jan. 2 -- Paul Mescal is ready to start "rationing" his work.

The 29-year-old actor feels "very lucky" to have enjoyed the career success he has so far but thinks he needs to cut back on his projects to stop things taking so much of an emotional toll on himself.

He told The Guardian newspaper: "I'm five or six years into this now, and I feel very lucky. But I'm also learning that I don't think I can go on doing it as much."

Asked if he means rationing himself, he said: "I think so. I'm gonna have to start doing that. For sure..

"Rationing doesn't necessarily mean less. It means learning that films like The History of Sound take more out of the well. You can't keep going back and expect to consistently deliver something...