My dad said, 'If no one was giving me acting work, I'd have to be prepared to create it myself.'
Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron'... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.
If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams.
Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.
I get asked to give stuff to my dad. I'm, like, 'I'm not gonna pass your script to him!' You know? My dad's my dad. I'm not his agent.
Has anybody seen 'The Notebook' and not cried? I don't know, I don't know if that's the case. It sort of hangs around for a while.
It was when I was on stage that I realized that acting could be such a brilliant job.
Though rom-coms aren't necessarily my cup of tea, I was a huge fan of 'Notting Hill.'
I'd seen my dad on stage, and that was fine, but the real excitement was - that was my dad. Even now, when I see his films, he's always my favourite person in the movie.
I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place.
'Punch-Drunk Love' is my favorite movie.
The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.
I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.
I did 'Never Let Me Go,' and there were amazing people on that. Brilliant writer, director, cast. That was quite special.
I've been interested in the writing/directing thing and really fell into acting by complete accident.
There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.
I think the whole thing is: If it makes sense in your head, the audience will go along with it.
Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'
I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'
When I was younger, my father told me not to pigeonhole the way that I perceive myself.
