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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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Life

You

Sometimes

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" My friends joke I'm a 90-year-old stuck in a young man's body. "

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

" 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 don't necessarily want to hear about my talent or my greatness as an actor. "

" 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. "

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

" '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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You

" Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure. "

" The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off. "

" Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship? "

" 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. "

" It's better to think of life as a proper journey with a beginning and an end. Maybe, I can settle for being immortalised on screen. "

" 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. "

" I'm pretty romantic. "

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Romantic

Pretty

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Some people call me Dougie Fresh. I don't know why. "

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

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

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

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Try

Find

" 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. "

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

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Writing

Big

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I bike everywhere. "

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Everywhere

Bike

" The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting. "