People have interesting things to say and you're only going to learn from different people's experience and knowledge.

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.

I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.

I did listen to 1920s jazz or Al Johnson and a lot of early singers coming out of England. I would branch out a little bit to get a sense of the world that he might be coming into, in the '30s when jazz was changing.

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

I've always loved [acting] and I've always wanted to [do it] from as far back as I can remember.