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| • Jamie Campbell Bower / Quotes |
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"I grew up with Tim [Burton’s] and Johnny’s movies. Edward Scissorhands is one of my top three movies, definitely.” He pauses to take a drag. “I’m not sure why Tim makes so many movies about hair. Maybe it’s because he needs a cut so badly himself."
"He's such a dick for being so cool, he's just the coolest guy ever." [about Johnny Depp] "[Sondheim] was there. It was horrifying. I mean, he's a really nice guy -- really, really cool, and obviously he knows his shit -- but having him there I was just so nervous." "I grew up with Johnny and Tim's films -- like Edward Scissorhands and Sleepy Hollow -- when I was first realizing that I really liked films and understood what a good film was." "That's not to say that I was a badass, because I wasn't." [Bower says he's never been much for academics] "Like Anthony, I’ve been known to steal a girl or two, and break out into song. I fall in love very easily… very Hollywood.” "I’d rather be seen as a good actor than a poster boy. I never really thought it would come as a break like this, I really thought that I would have to work so much harder." "“I’m going to cry until I get another job. I want to do more movies. I feel like it's a totally different skill set than there is to theater. It's much more internal. I'm an extrovert, I like to gesticulate and talk loud and stuff, and the theater is easy for me. I can go up there and spread my legs and go, 'Here I am'. Oh, don’t get that wrong. Whereas in cinema you have to be much more thoughtful, and I find that a lot more challenging.” "People don’t get it, they think I’m rich. I’m not! I have no money!" "I think I always sort of had the calling. That sounds so fucking generic and cheesy, but it’s true! I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention—and I always love talking about myself." “I think I wee’d myself. I was out shopping at the time and I got this call on my mobile. I was just like 'OH MY GOD!' Honestly, I was like a little girl running around this shop like oh-my-god-oh-my-god-oh-my-god.” [When he found out he got the role in Sweeney Todd] “It was a bit like being at a dinner party where you knew nobody but you kind of laugh along with the jokes you don’t understand. Seeing Tim and Johnny work together is very special. They have almost their own language … like when you have your best friend and you know what they’re going to say before they say it. So they can get one word out before bursting into laughter. Which is funny sometimes and other times you’re like, God, I wish I knew what was going on. It’s like, you lost me when you said ‘the’ at the beginning of the sentence.” “He’s almost got a form of dyslexia where it’s difficult for him to say what he’s thinking—but you can see him working it out in his mind. I’ve got a mild form of dyslexia myself. I think I understood what he was trying to say—that was helpful, actually, one dyslexic to another.” [About Tim Burton] "He was constantly baiting the makeup girl. Hilarious." [About Sascha Baron Cohen] [Jamie said that only one person has ever recognized him on the street: a man the day before who approached him in FAO Schwarz. At the premiere after-party, he said, he was jostled out of the way by people swarming Johnny Depp.] "He was smiling and being good about it, but I felt sorry for him,” he said. “People don’t understand he’s not a superhero—he’s just this great guy. I don’t think it will happen [to me] soon, or happen at all. I’m just on the train for the ride." [Minutes later a paparazzi jumped out, camera in hand, and yelled Jamie's name. After politely pausing for a click or two, Jamie flushed scarlet.] "That’s two." |
Sweeney Todd