Even to this day, when someone says something derogatory about Boy George, it still upsets and offends me. Part of me will always be quite attached to him.
— Douglas Booth
I have always wanted to work with Judy Dench, and that hasn't happened yet, so that would be fun.
To be able to experience a thousand different lives within my lifetime is something that always appealed to me. I wasn't content with just being one person for the rest of my life.
'Noah,' for me, wasn't a decision about taking on the Bible. It was about working with Darren Aronofsky.
It's very important to hold on to what you want. In front of you is very easy fame and very easy money.
I turned down one of the big young adult franchises.
Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while.
When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it; you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.
I'm not a player; I'm just a lovely guy, and I can show a girl a good time.
Yeah, 'Requiem for a Dream' - it'll put you off a lot of things, that film, that's for sure.
I think I'm low-maintenance.
I don't feel like I've ever kissed any of the people I have done for acting. That moment didn't exist for you; it existed for that person.
I'm literally into any type of music imaginable.
If my feet ever left the ground, my mother would soon put them back down.
My grandfather was a great chef.
I'm definitely interested in taking on roles where I don't look like myself. But I'm not saying I'm going to go out of my way to play a disabled person in order to win an Oscar.
I love to go see films, even on my own. I just walk to the nearest cinema. There's nothing better than watching a movie alone; you can just sit there and zone in.
The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off.
I think Hollywood is interesting. As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.
I grew up in London, and that's where I spend most of my time. Unless I have a really good reason not to be, I'll always be in London.
Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures.
Sexuality is such a small part of the make-up of someone; it's not who they are.
I only want to work with interesting filmmakers.
I get bored quite easily, so I like to keep my mind entertained by challenging myself.
I looked on IMDB, at the message boards there, and someone had posted something about a sheep having more talent than me.
I would hope I was raised polite and charming.
I saw 'The Fountain' because my friend came over one day and said, 'This is my favorite movie I've ever seen. Please watch this,' and I watched it, and that was amazing.
External beauty is a bizarre thing to me.
'Romeo & Juliet' is still relevant and real.
I'm a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long.
It's fun to play a dark character, but you go home at the end of the day not feeling very good about yourself. You go away feeling dirty. It seeps into the air.
I love history, and Churchill is one of my favorite people to study. He's a fascinating, fascinating man.
I try to find more interesting material with each project I do.
Darren Aronofsky is on another level. You get lost in a scene, and he'll come over and whisper something in your ear, and suddenly everything makes sense.
I don't necessarily want to hear about my talent or my greatness as an actor.
I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.
'GQ,' you've been patiently and stylishly educating me forever. To be truly stylish, you have to be kind and courteous.
I saw 'Othello' at the National Theatre in London, and it was so stunning. I was so moved. It's beautiful.
I suppose 'Worried About the Boy' was a brave choice, but only in the sense that if I didn't get it right, my career would be over before it had begun.
The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting.
I tried to forget about playing Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet' and just think about him as a normal guy, as a normal character, and just try and approach him the same I would every other character.
I love art. My sister is an artist and my mother is a painter, so it is very much in the family. I haven't ever wanted to be a fine artist myself - my sister robbed me of my artistic talent, I think.
When I was younger, I looked a lot older than I was. They have these working laws in England where you have to be 16: if you're over 16, you don't have to be restrained by working hours and things like that. In America, it's actually 18.
You can have an amazing director and terrible script, and the film's not going to be great. But if you have the most incredible script and an okay director, you could still get a really good film.
I've met some of the most beautiful women in the world, and I can tell you lots of them are the most unattractive people I've ever met.
I am huge water sports fan. I love to jet ski, speedboat, water ski. So I love to get away to somewhere sunny and just get on the water and have some fun with some friends.
It's important to read as much as you can because you never know when you will find the best script that you want to do next. I'm always quite picky in what I read and what I go for.
I've always enjoyed being on a horse.
The first lead that I ever played was a young Boy George when I was seventeen. I shaved my eyebrows off. That's as far from leading man looks as you can get.
I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.
