Hamlet' is obviously a role a lot of actors want to portray or be involved with in some way and that I'd like to be involved in.

It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You have to find your own path to enlightenment.

I'm too into skateboarding to be devastated by anything.

I was obsessed with girls when I was 13 years old; I wasn't really into books.

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of who a character is and you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot if you're not reading it.

There's nothing worse than finishing your last take on a movie and thinking, 'God! I finally nailed who this guy was!

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.