Josh Hartnett

I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing.

I never really considered acting as a career. I kind of fell into it. Originally, I wanted to be a painter.

If everything is going well in my life then I start to read the papers more and I start to worry about everything I can't deal with. They say wisdom is knowing what you can fix and what you can't change. I'm very unwise.

Honestly, I guess if you looked at my CV, I've been doing independent movies since I started. I think that I kind of took a few steps back from Hollywood as soon as it all started to come my way because I wasn't quite ready for the attention.

It's not scary to make a horror film because you get to pull back the curtain and see that none of it's real. When you're watching one, the terror bombards you.

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

If I was painting or writing, I wouldn't veer away from things because they seemed unsavoury to me. So as an actor, I kind of think the same way. I should do things that are different and interesting and shed light on the craziness of the world.

I'm not really a tourist attraction kind of guy.

I get quite fed up being on a film set day after day, six days a week. It can get to be a grind.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

I'm quiet, and I don't enjoy watching horror flicks, so am I like Zeke? No way.