Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor.

I wanted to work with Cate Blanchett. She is one of the five greatest movie actresses of her generation.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting. I'm not bad at it, but I don't think I really have a talent for it.

How can we turn our back on an endeavor which increases our children's cultural intelligence, heightens individual sensitivity and deepens our collective sense of humanity? I suggest to you that we cannot.

When I told my parents, 'I'm going to be an actor,' they screamed and wept and freaked out.

In the film business, when you're young, you just want to work. But when you're older, it has more to do with who's involved with the project - who you're going to get in the boat with.

I am still playing 'Words With Friends,' but on Virgin Atlantic.