Quotes

"All you math teachers who've been scolding me all my life, ha ha! I laugh."

"At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing."

"Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting.'"

"I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role."

"I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought ... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realize it was ignorant confidence -- I had no idea."

"I hate it ... I feel that when I see myself and these other cute faces, I'm just part of this meat factory."

"I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing."

"I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life."

"I prefer ordinary girls -- you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating."

"It was closer to manual labor than shooting a film. I always think of something Michael Caton-Jones told me: 'Pain is temporary. Film is forever.'"