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Realizing That Other People Have A Problem With [homosexuality] Was The Weirdest Thing For Me. As A Kid It Wasn't Even Something That Was Mentioned. It Was Never Something That Was Even Explained To Me. It Was Just, "that's Mark And He's Gay." Mark Was Just Another Friend Of My Dad's Who Would Talk About His Boyfriend Instead Of His Girlfriend. I Was 5. I Didn't Care. It Seemed Perfectly Normal, And Still Does.

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Realizing That Other People Have A Problem With [homosexuality] Was The Weirdest Thing For Me. As A Kid It Wasn't Even Something That Was Mentioned. It Was Never Something That Was Even Explained To Me. It Was Just, "that's Mark And He's Gay." Mark Was Just Another Friend Of My Dad's Who Would Talk About His Boyfriend Instead Of His Girlfriend. I Was 5. I Didn't Care. It Seemed Perfectly Normal, And Still Does.

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In My Experience Of Doing Physical Scenes, Half Of Your Energy Is Spent On Trying To Get The Other Actor To Enter Into It Physically With You. Most Actors Don't Want To Hurt Each Other.

I've Worked Every Day Since I Was 10. I Don't Know How To Do Anything Else. There Is Nothing Else I'd Rather Be Doing.

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Not Good Enough

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I Seem To Be A Long-term Relationship Kinda Guy.

Also I Just Think I've Been Lucky Enough To Have Great Parents, And I've Had Good People Around Me Who Have Always Been Honest With Me, Who Would Give Me A Purely Metaphorical Slap If I Ever Got Too Big For My Boots.

I Love Just Going Out And Sitting Down In The Park Along With The Thousands Of Other People Who Apparently Have No Work To Do During The Day. People Come Up To Me, But They Are Generally Really Nice. New York Makes It Easier, For Me At Least. People Manage To Be Enthusiastic And Sort Of Sane At The Same Time. And That’s Lovely.

Some Actresses Are Just Insane. I've Never Worked With A Nasty Actress - They're All Absolutely Delightful. But Completely Barking.

I Haven’t Always Been Thrilled With My Work. But The Fear Of Not Proving The People Wrong Who Think You Can’t Emerge From A Franchise And Do Well, That’s A Very Strong Driving Force.

For Me, You Go To University To Meet Lots Of Different People From Different Backgrounds. I Think That's One Of The Most Important Things You Get There. And You Also Get Some Sense Of Direction Regarding What You Want To Do When You Leave. I Sort Of Know What I Want To Do In My Life - I Want To Act And Ultimately I'd Like To Write. And In Terms Of Meeting People From Different Backgrounds, That's What You Get On A Film Set. So The Two Most Valuable Things That University Would Have Given Me I've Sort Of Achieved By Being On A Film Set.

I'm Possibly A Very Morbid Person But I Think About Death A Lot.

I Think Part Of Me Would Love To Play A Drag Queen, Just Because It Would Be An Excuse To Wear Loads Of Eye Makeup.

I'm Not Too Worried About Humanity In The Future. I Think We've Got An Innate Ability As A Species To Self-correct.

We Sing A Lot Of The Soundtrack In This Film [swiss Army Man] - Me And Paul Dano - And On The Last Day Of Filming We Had To Just Get Into The Back Of Our Sound Mixer's Van And Record A Really Crappy, Rough Version Of The Singing Then. For Some Reason That Was One Of The Most Fun Days.

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.

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.

Realizing That Other People Have A Problem With [homosexuality] Was The Weirdest Thing For Me. As A Kid It Wasn't Even Something That Was Mentioned. It Was Never Something That Was Even Explained To Me. It Was Just, "that's Mark And He's Gay." Mark Was Just Another Friend Of My Dad's Who Would Talk About His Boyfriend Instead Of His Girlfriend. I Was 5. I Didn't Care. It Seemed Perfectly Normal, And Still Does.

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.

I'm Not An Easy Person To Love. There Are Lots Of Times When I'm A Very Good Boyfriend, But There Are Times When I'm Useless. I Mean, I'm A Mess Around The House. I Talk Nonstop. I Become Obsessed With Things.

My Parents Were What I Like To Call Proper Musical Fans. Lots Of Sondheim Was Played In The Car.

I Really Enjoy Working Physically.

I Thought I Was An Actor Playing A Wizard. But Really, I Was A Wizard Playing An Actor.

My Dad Believes In God, I Think. I'm Not Sure If My Mom Does. I Don't.

I'm Very Comfortable Discussing My Personal Life, Because It's So Boring.

I'm Very Proud Of Being Jewish. It Means I Have A Good Work Ethic, And You Get Jewish Humour And You're Allowed To Tell Jewish Jokes.

I Think I'm A Tiny Bit Like Harry 'cos I'd Like To Have An Owl. Yeah, That's The Tiny Bit, Actually.

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