58 Quotes by Freddie Highmore

Also “Catcher in the Rye”, which happens to be one of my favorite books, I just found that kind of useful. It helps you get into the American accent.

I don’t go home and pretend I’m August rather than just the actual lines I’m saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there’s so much, especially being in New York to film; you’re always surrounded by American people.

I’ve got a good family to support me, so I’m grounded in that way.

Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It’s almost like you have to sit back and be cool.

I think I’ve always been kept grounded. I’ve never been too involved with the movie business apart from just doing the film. I’ve never moved out to LA like a lot of people or been too drawn in by that.

Every day is a different day in New York; there’s always something new going on.

I always try doing a different character for every film so it’s not just changing one.

I always tend to see, right after reading the script, the character and how I want to play it. I guess that’s sort of most of the work, preparing for the role, but almost the creation of the character seems to go on as I read through the script.

There’s never been a particular band that I’ve followed religiously. But I do tend to listen to sadder music.