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My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.
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Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Funny ironing board covers - I hate them.
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I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.
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My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.
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My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.
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I'm not clumsy, I'm just accident prone.
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How irritating it must be for people, to be bombarded with me!
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Because I'm short and slim, I can identify with somebody who's an unlikely fit for something and desperately wants to be part of it.
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There's no shame in enjoying a quiet life. And that's been the realization of the past few years for me.
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I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.
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I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.
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England is my home. London is my home. New York feels like, if I have to spend a year living in an unfamiliar city, this is a pretty lovely one to spend a year in, but I will be going home at the end of it, certainly.
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It's very rare that I get stopped or get asked for an autograph or anything - none of which I mind - but people don't really care that much.
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A lot of modern horror can leave me cold, and I'm not good with blood and gore and all that stuff. It's not fun for me. There's nothing entertaining about watching a film like that.
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I like the idea of not having to do stuff for the money, and if I want to, I can pick indie projects for the rest of my life and be quite happy doing that.
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I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.
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I would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.
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I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.
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I wasn't the most popular kid in school.
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There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.
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I think I tried to steal a Mars bar once from a shop but then I went and put it back.
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I know me, and I know that I'm not somebody that particularly merits a lot of screaming and shouting. And there's nothing special about me as opposed to hundreds of thousands of other people everywhere.
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I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!
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I think one of my favorite things to do is just lock myself up in a small room and listen to music and watch films for a day. Also I just like seeing my friends. We have pizza parties which means I get four friends round, we eat a pizza and we're really lazy and we play PlayStation.