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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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" Communication is important. "
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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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Love
" I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful. "
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London
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" Every year I look at the 'GQ' Best-Dressed List and have thought what an honour it must be to be included. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw my own face in there. "
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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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" I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with. "
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" Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts. "
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You
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" I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself. "
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" I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young. "
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" Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures. "
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" 'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous. "
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Stylish
Me
You
" It's important to read as much as you can because you never know when you will find the best script that you want to do next. I'm always quite picky in what I read and what I go for. "
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Best
You
Want
" I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing. "
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" I am huge water sports fan. I love to jet ski, speedboat, water ski. So I love to get away to somewhere sunny and just get on the water and have some fun with some friends. "
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Fun
I Am
Water
" 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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Today
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Loved
" I'm a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long. "
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Festival
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" It's very important to hold on to what you want. In front of you is very easy fame and very easy money. "
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You
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Money
" I suppose 'Worried About the Boy' was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn't get it right, my career would be over before it had begun. "
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Career
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" David Cameron was a good-looking chap in his day! "
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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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Things
You
" I was lucky enough to get a very good agent at the age of 15, and got my first film when I was 16, so it's been rolling on since then. "
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Enough
Film
Lucky
" I would hope I was raised polite and charming. "
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I Was Raised
Hope
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" External beauty is a bizarre thing to me. "
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Thing
Beauty
Bizarre
" I've spent a lot of my teenage years working on sets. I've missed out on more than just playing rugby, but I think I've managed to keep my feet on the ground and keep my friends around me. "
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Think
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" I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it. "
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" I tried to forget about playing Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet' and just think about him as a normal guy, as a normal character, and just try and approach him the same I would every other character. "
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" I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to brunch with either my friends or my girlfriend. I then like to just chill out: read the papers, read some scripts and then take it very easy. If it's sunny, I go for a walk with my dog, Niles, in the countryside. "
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Dog
" If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment. "
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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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" I'm pretty romantic. "
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