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

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.

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.

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

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.

People say to me now, Oh, youve given up the piano. How can you? Music is a virus.

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