I'm told I was acting in school plays when I was a tiny little boy at the age of three, so they must have seen something then. And even when I was practicing piano eight hours a day, I was still doing school plays.

I am the only actor who ever had to lose weight to play Orson Welles.

I always wanted to be an independent maverick, writing plays and putting them on myself.

Never count your chickens before you can stick a fork into them.

Film is limitless, but some stage presentations on film can look too theatrical.

One of my earliest memories is of bashing the keyboard with my hands, my chubby little baby hands, and I remember the sound hitting my face. It became my toy.

Like so many people, I only remembered Orson Welles as this huge, fat, bearded figure selling wine in TV commercials. So whenever anyone said I looked like Orson Welles I said that I wasnt that fat, and I would get on a diet, quickly.