I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.
I look for the character to be something interesting, the script to have a good story and be original, and a director that I admire.
Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.
I’ve had my heart broken, and it’s not fun. But I’d rather have my heart broken than break someone else’s heart.
Fame was initially this kind of blunt tool that was thrust into my hands very young.
Hope is the most exciting thing in life, and if you honestly believe that love is out there, it will come. And even if it doesn’t come straight away, there is still that chance all through your life that it will.
I guess I will probably produce a little bit more. For me it’s a career, you create as you go along and you can’t worry about always being on top.
I always find that I have to be emotionally on my character’s side for it to be convincing.
I don’t like to act in my personal life. I like to be straightforward.
I just want to make good films on my own wherever I can.
I have a pretty easy life.
I had a good time shooting in New Zealand. I almost bought a home there while I was there, because I loved it so much.
I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind.
I want to experiment; I want to keep growing. I didn’t want to just sit back and rest on my haunches and do the things I knew I could do for a while.
I don’t think there’s a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I’ll be happy to deal with it.
Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I’ve been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn’t quite ready for the attention.
If I was painting or writing, I wouldn’t veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world.
People care about my fame, not me. But that’s fine. I have my own life.
Running around when I was a kid was a really happy time; a time when getting home for dinner or for sleep were my only responsibilities.
We all want somebody to come in and save the day and change our lives for the better.