Max Minghella

“With a famous name, you have to work that much harder to get the part.”

“I always thought I'd make films. I didn't think I'd be in them.”

“I'm obsessed with the power of music and image together. There's also something about music videos that are incredibly glamorous - there's a fetishistic aesthetic to them that you don't really see in movies in the same way.”

“I'm so disappointed in the frat parties at Columbia. I'm like an English boy going to an American college. I'm thinking cheerleaders, I'm thinking kegs. That's not what's on the cards.”

“I think it'd be pretty unrealistic to think we're the only planet in the world with thinking beings. It's kind of a strange conceit. Especially given how many universes there must be.”

“My father quite honestly played no role in my decision to become an actor.”

“I always prefer shooting on locations, because when I'm at home, it's harder to sort of get lost in the world of whatever you're making.”

“I've always found that acting has been quite a hard thing to pre-manage because so much of it is spontaneous and the circumstances so uncontrolled.”

“The media in the States can be quite self-reflective. When I lived in England, I was much more aware of the day-to-day politics that were happening. Living somewhere where the media involvement is greater and so omnipresent, you become pulled into it and, at the same time, because of that, politics changes and the way it's handled changes.”

“I love romantic comedies.”

“I'm very schizophrenic and malleable as a human being.”

“I think I still want to be a music director as a grown man.”

“I'm on Twitter. I love Twitter because I'm kind of voyeuristic. I don't tweet, but I look at other people's.”

“26 is my favourite number.”

“I think we all want to find the love of our life and live our fantasies. What art student hasn't used his art to get girls? What journalists or actors haven't used their craft as well? It's a very human instinct to pursue.”

“The weird thing about acting is you're the most competent when you're at your best, but you have to be validated.”

“The power of love is a strong thing.”

“I'm pretty reclusive. I'm a homebody.”

“I find women more interesting to watch on a lot of levels, and I like the idea of being involved with something I would watch.”

“I have no agenda at all. I just want to do stuff I like. It can cost $200 million or $200 thousand.”