Scary is good. Kids like going to a movie and being really scared rather than fake scared.

I don't go home and pretend I'm August rather than just the actual lines I'm saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there's so much, especially being in New York to film; you're always surrounded by American people.

I never really acted at school. It was doing small parts on TV that really got me started.

As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.

It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.

I guess I'm just a normal kid apart from the acting.

It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.