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" I love clothes and do sort of change my wardrobe a lot. But a thousand dollar jacket? I'd rather spend it on an experience, like traveling. "
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" I only want to work with interesting filmmakers. "
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" If my feet ever left the ground, my mother would soon put them back down. "
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" I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man. "
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" The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other. "
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" On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work. "
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" To be able to experience a thousand different lives within my lifetime is something that always appealed to me. I wasn't content with just being one person for the rest of my life. "
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" I'm pretty romantic. "
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" The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get. "
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" Some people call me Dougie Fresh. I don't know why. "
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" I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. It's swings and roundabouts. "
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" For me, if Shakespeare was around today, he'd be writing screenplays - a big Hollywood movie. "
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" You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film. "
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" The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off. "
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" I took up drama and did so much extracurricular work, like the National Youth Theatre and Guildhall's Saturday school. Acting is where I felt most comfortable and how I wanted to express myself. "
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" My grandfather was a great chef. "
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" I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true. "
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" I don't feel like I've ever kissed any of the people I have done for acting. That moment didn't exist for you; it existed for that person. "
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" The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones, but it's not like working a 9-5 job and only having two or three weeks off a year. I may not have seen my girlfriend for two or three months, but then we can spend two or three months together solidly. "
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" You may have a broken heart, but you may find someone else. "
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" I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors. "
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" When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way. "
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" Dickens writes such brilliant characters and stories, and his themes and social commentary are still so relevant. I think that's why he's still so loved today. "
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" I loved 'Harry Potter' growing up. I'm dyslexic and a slow reader, but I could get through the thick ones in days! "
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" Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure. "
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" I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not saying I'm going to go out of my way to play a disabled person in order to win an Oscar. "
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" I can play the trumpet. Before I became an actor, I wanted to be the next Louis Armstrong. I started young and got to grade seven. When I turned 13, everyone started whipping out guitars, looking cool and joining rock bands, so I stopped playing. "
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" Communication is important. "
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" I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There's nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in. "
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