A biography for Douglas Boothhasn’t been written yet.
“I love the challenge of playing characters forced on life-changing emotional journeys. To work on a project with Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell is just a dream come true.”
“Romeo and Juliet were stunning and beautiful, but a lot of the other characters surrounding them were caricatures.”
“Who doesn't want to fly around in a spaceship?”
“I'm literally into any type of music imaginable.”
“The 'boy next door' parts I get offered, I don't find interesting.”
“Sexuality is such a small part of the make-up of someone; it's not who they are.”
“I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors.”
“The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other.”
“I've always enjoyed being on a horse.”
“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.”
“When I do my own wardrobe, I try to wear a designer from each of the countries I'm visiting: Tom Ford for New York, Hugo Boss for Germany, Burberry for England.”
“I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young.”
“For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.'”
“I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.”
“It's very important to hold on to what you want. In front of you is very easy fame and very easy money.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I'm a huge festival fan. I love to dance and dance all night long.”
“I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.”
“I loved 'Gladiator' when I was young. Russell Crowe was a big inspiration; the fact that he plays my father in 'Noah' was amazing.”