I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.

There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.

I was a little bit wary of playing Nicholas. In the script, which I think is true of the novel and the film, he's the only character not singing and dancing in a musical style. Playing someone who is the personification of good is a little difficult.

It could be my downfall, but I don't think it is - Hollywood is run on perception, and if you stray off the path of what you want to do with your career, it's suicide.

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

I think drugs were used by me as a way of suppressing my natural spirit.