I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.
Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'
When you work with actors, what you're hoping to absorb is good ways to be an actor as opposed to how to handle being famous.
It was really nice...seeing oscar there because I didn't know who was going to be there.
I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.
When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.
Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.
My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.
I think the whole thing is If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.
Really, all I worry about is the work in hand.
I'm not going to get better as an actor working on bad stuff.
I'm pretty lowbrow. It's a failing.
It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.
The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.
Normally, in a film with lots of twists and turns, half of them don't make sense; they're just there for their own sakes.
I find looking forward scary because you might die.
I don't go to premieres I'm not involved in.
Fail again, fail better.
I like cashew nuts.
I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.
As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.
The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.
I'm not built like a leading man.
I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.
I'm certainly a young actor. I'm certainly those two things. Actually, I'm not even young anymore; I'm 29. So, I'm an actor.
I tend to play 'tortured' a lot, whether it's physically or emotionally.
I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.
I've gotten work based on how I look, and I've not gotten work based on how I look. It's all good.
My father is just getting better and better, and that speaks so well of the way he approaches the work.
