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" 'Noah,' for me, wasn't a decision about taking on the Bible. It was about working with Darren Aronofsky. "

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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. "

" My grandfather was a great chef. "

" For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.' "

" I try to find more interesting material with each project I do. "

" I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met. "

" Even to this day, when someone says something derogatory about Boy George, it still upsets and offends me. Part of me will always be quite attached to him. "

" 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. "

" When I was younger, I looked a lot older than I was. They have these working laws in England where you have to be 16: if you're over 16, you don't have to be restrained by working hours and things like that. In America, it's actually 18. "

" 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. "

" When I do my own wardrobe, I try to wear a designer from each of the countries I'm visiting: Tom Ford for New York, Hugo Boss for Germany, Burberry for England. "

" It's fun to play a dark character, but you go home at the end of the day not feeling very good about yourself. You go away feeling dirty. It seeps into the air. "

" If a rock band throws a TV set out of a hotel window, it's seen as anti-Establishment. "

" I love to dance and dance all night long. "

" I turned down one of the big young adult franchises. "

" 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. "

" I think I'm low-maintenance. "

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" I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited. "

" I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other. "

" I only want to work with interesting filmmakers. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" For me, if Shakespeare was around today, he'd be writing screenplays - a big Hollywood movie. "

" I'm a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long. "

" It's a bit of a cliche, but I think girls like to get flowers. I think books are quite romantic, too. If you can find an interesting book, that brings something out in your partner that can be very romantic. "

" When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way. "

" 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. "