ByQuotes

Freddie Highmore Quotes

Powerful Freddie Highmore for Daily Growth

When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset.

- Freddie Highmore

Happy, Always, Upset, Crying

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.

- Freddie Highmore

Pirate, Some, Being, None

Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.

- Freddie Highmore

Best, Actor, Johnny, None

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

- Freddie Highmore

Movie, Like, Going, Fake

I think a lot of the time having someone who you, not base yourself on, but can see yourself being after a few years, you can get quite blinded by that, in the same way love can be.

- Freddie Highmore

Love, Think, I Think, Base

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.

- Freddie Highmore

Always, Self-Conscious, Not Caring

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

- Freddie Highmore

Kid, Normal, Guess, Apart

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

- Freddie Highmore

Small, Doing, Never, Acted

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

- Freddie Highmore

Bed, Like, Get, 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.

- Freddie Highmore

Think, Some, I Think, Early Age

People have different expectations when you're younger - it's less about changing yourself into a character; they want a more natural thing. And they just want you to be able to turn up every day and carry on working. They have a horrible fear of 10- or 11-year-olds, that they're going to say 'I don't want to play today.'

- Freddie Highmore

Play, Every Day, About, Natural Thing

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.

- Freddie Highmore

Play, Through, Role, Creation

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.

- Freddie Highmore

Envy, Looks, Britain, Rubbish

I think in some ways I'm quite lucky to be living in London, there's this certain separation from the movie business. In that way, it's been quite easy to separate acting and going back to a normal life.

- Freddie Highmore

Lucky, Some, Been, Separation

'Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.

- Freddie Highmore

Love, I Love, Fantastic, Cinema

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

- Freddie Highmore

Listen, Been, Particular, Followed

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

- Freddie Highmore

Dark, Milk, Like, Chocolate

I wish I could draw.

- Freddie Highmore

Wish, I Wish, Could, Draw

I'm not a sad person, upset the whole time, but I seem to be quite emotional.

- Freddie Highmore

Sad, Person, Upset, Quite

I have a younger brother.

- Freddie Highmore

Younger, Younger Brother, Brother

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

- Freddie Highmore

Music, Everyone, Sure, Types

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

- Freddie Highmore

Family, Me, Good Family, Grounded

It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.

- Freddie Highmore

Doing, Always, Very, Agent

I've never been a great cook.

- Freddie Highmore

Great, Never, Been, Cook

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

- Freddie Highmore

Think, England, Better, Weather

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

- Freddie Highmore

Challenges, Play, Role, Each One

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

- Freddie Highmore

New York, New, Always, Something New

If you're searching for quotes on a different topic, feel free to browse our Topics page or explore a diverse collection of quotes from various Authors to find inspiration.