My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!

You know, honestly, acting in film is remarkably independent. You're doing your thing and someone else is doing their thing.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.

It's a pretty scary time. So many emotions come up and you don't really have the wisdom to make the right choices. You can really screw yourself in adolescence.

People care about my fame, not me. But that's fine. I have my own life.

I'm looking forward to finding someone in life that I can be truly happy with and relate to on all levels - someone I can bounce my stuff off. Right now, though, I'm not searching for that. But I still like knowing it will be out there sometime later.

My parents are hippies, so I must have a bit of hippie in me.