It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.

I lived in Hollywood and, ironically, I didn't know you could just go out and get an agent and go on auditions and try and become an actor, I thought it was like a Masonic thing, like a blood line you had to belong to – until I was 13. Then I realised what you had to do. It is the one thing I know I want to do for the rest of my life.

I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.

I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.

The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.

As an actor, you're constantly searching for that great character. Also, being a history buff and learning about people in our past and amazing things that they've done, I came across a book about Howard Hughes and he was set up as basically, the most multi-dimensional character I could ever come across. Often, people have tried to define him in biographies, but no one seems to be able to categorize him.