"There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate."

"I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid."

"Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work."

"It's sad and upsetting when you see somebody crying hysterically, but at the same time it's real funny."

"The frustrating part of it is that you're generally known for what you did last. I've had the privilege of doing some very cool independent films that, a lot of the time, the general public doesn't see unless you're at a film festival or you're into that kind of movie."

"Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future."

"I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?'"

"I'm amazed every time I come back to Vancouver at how much it's changed. You go away for a month and there's three more skyscrapers."