Freddie Highmore

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

“I have a younger brother.”

“I like to go to bed early so I can get up early.”

“Don't get too set on becoming an actor at an early age. I think that's where some people get into trouble. Acting becomes their life. I don't want that.”

“I'm pretty rubbish, as we say in Britain, artwise, and I always envy people who can pick up something and even do just a little doodle of someone that looks vaguely like them. It's impressive.”

“People build up a picture of Johnny Depp as being some sort of weird pirate character. In reality he's incredibly nice... one of the nicest people I've ever met.”

“Scary is good. Kids like going to a movie and being really scared rather than fake scared.”

“I like all sorts of chocolate. Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, anything.”

“I'm sure everyone has many types of music that they enjoy.”

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

“I like hot weather. I think it might be a bit better if England was a bit hotter.”

“I wish I could draw.”

“Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.”

“I've never been a great cook.”

“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.”

“I guess I'm just a normal kid apart from the acting.”

“For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.”

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

“As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.”

“I never really acted at school. It was doing small parts on TV that really got me started.”