He`s quite extraordinary with his moves and spins. I think he was a baton girl in a past life [on his co-star Hayden Christensen].
A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that’s fine, but they should do something else first, so they’ve got something to fall back on. It doesn’t work like that, as far as I’m concerned.
I got married because I fell in love with this woman. I had a baby with her because we wanted to have children. But that’s not because of some philosophical ideal at all, no.
No, I`m putting it away, trying to buy a house for my family. The goal is to use the money to move into a big house, so my daughter can have a garden.
What matters most with any regimen, whether it’s to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say ‘no more.
I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting.
Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You’re the one playing the part so it has to be yours.
The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.
I won`t buy into the Hollywood thing…I want to be in good movies.
Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant…does it get any better than this?
Giving kids whatever they ask for is disastrous parenting. There’s no sense of something earned. I’m sorry, but when you’re 12, you don’t need a new cell phone every few months just because a new one comes out.
The thing about parenting rules is there aren’t any. That’s what makes it so difficult.
When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don’t have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter.
Everything you do on set is directly related to your imagination when you read the script for the first time.
The other two things are… well, I had a huge appetite for old black and white movies on BBC 2. At the weekends they used to run matinees, and the more romantic the better.
Success is tricky to deal with, both professionally and in your personal life.
My feeling about seeing the world is that it’s going to change you necessarily, just the very fact of being out there and meeting people from different cultures and different ways of life.
I like the idea of being a sculptor. Just me alone, making something – that solitary existence.