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" I've learned by watching films that inspired me and people who inspired me like Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I love old school acting. I love subtlety, and I also love being spontaneous, and that's really what works for me. "

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" I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon. "

" Look, every actor has a different way of preparing or creating a character and yeah, we all are from different backgrounds. "

" There are not many places in the world where you can get to the beach in an hour, the desert in two hours and snowboarding or skiing in three hours. You can do all that in California. "

" I never think about the next movie. I always think about the situation I'm in now, but you do think about an arc someone can go. I love Johnny Depp, I love 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' but I never wanted to play the same character over and over again. "

" I wish I had some interesting stories about living in L.A., but mostly I just do my work and then go home. "

" I prefer to play the bad guy - it gives you more freedom as an actor. "

" I jumped off a cliff backwards for 'I Am Number Four,' which was pretty cool. I'd never done that before. It took seven takes from different angles and luckily there were no injuries. I came close, though. My head nearly hit the rock at one point. "

" I love traveling, but I hate planes. "

" My favourite books are Charles Bukowski's 'Post Office' and 'Women.' "

" I'm forever a Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Apparently I've picked the worst baseball team in the world. "

" The thing is when you play a character it's the persona you bring across from a book to film, or book to script to film. If I play Frank Sinatra, there's gonna be things I do in a movie that Frank might not have done, but it's the personality that comes across. "

" I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection. "

" I'm the gypsy man. I don't really live anywhere. I've got a roof over my head in Los Angeles, and I've got a lot of friends everywhere. "

" I've heard I've been called a bad boy, or difficult. "

" I don't really look for a script and go, 'I need to do a thriller, so I'm going to do this.' I just read scripts and look for the best possible story. "

" I did a modeling gig for Burberry once, and it was a great experience, but no I am not a model. I want to be a model because it's a lot easier than acting. "

" Being an actor in L.A. is like being in prison: you go, you serve your time, you try to replicate Johnny Depp's career - and then you move to Paris. "

" I think you have to be very secure as an actor to escape yourself - to revisit someone's past, whether you're portraying another person or creating someone, and then to come back to who you are and not bring those emotions with you. "

" I'm too scared to perform onstage. I'm not very good with big crowds. "

" I'm very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill - I want to be a director, and I've already started my own production company. But I also have a measure of success that I keep to myself. It's something very personal to me. "

" I love New York. I love L.A. too. I love both places. "

" 'I Am Number Four' is an action-packed adventure entwined with a romantic story. I play the role of John Smith. John wants to be a normal kid, but he is from a different planet and he has been given this destiny of becoming a warrior. "