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" Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship? "
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" 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. "
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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 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've always enjoyed being on a horse. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I try to find more interesting material with each project I do. "
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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 love art. My sister is an artist and my mother is a painter, so it is very much in the family. I haven't ever wanted to be a fine artist myself - my sister robbed me of my artistic talent, I think. "
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" External beauty is a bizarre thing to me. "
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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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" We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press. "
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" What annoys people is the idea that somebody has everything, and they're allowed to get away with anything. It's the sense of entitlement that gets up people's noses. "
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" I'm literally into any type of music imaginable. "
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" It's great to fall head over heels in love at a fast pace, and nothing's more romantic, but you need to look after yourself. "
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" I just think if you're going to do something, do it properly. "
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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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" I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited. "
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" I saw 'The Fountain' because my friend came over one day and said, 'This is my favorite movie I've ever seen. Please watch this,' and I watched it, and that was amazing. "
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" My friends joke I'm a 90-year-old stuck in a young man's body. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" One of the biggest things I used to struggle with was about things like going on holiday. Whereas all your friends can talk about something and plan something all year long, I know that I'm probably going to be away and I'm going to miss all of it. If a job comes up, you just can't be there. "
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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've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors. "
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" I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun. "
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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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" 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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