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My dad's got a brilliant eye for scripts 'cos he's a literary agent. He and my agent read a load of scripts and filter them.
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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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Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.
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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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There's no blueprint for where I should be. I see myself as a young, good actor who still has a lot to learn. There's nobody at any point in their career who is the finished article.
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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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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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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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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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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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There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It's not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and being proud that you are different.
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I'm not clumsy, I'm accident-prone!
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I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.
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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 love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.
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I am a frighteningly thorough person.
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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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Religion leaves no room for human complexity.
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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 would consider doing any part as long as the script is good and the film has an interesting director.
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Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.
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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.
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I wasn't the most popular kid in school.
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Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.