Freddie Highmore
Freddie Highmore
Alfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmoreis an English actor, known for his leading movie and television roles, beginning during his childhood. He made his debut in the comedy film Women Talking Dirty. He has since starred in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Toast, and The Art of Getting By. For his performances in Finding Neverland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, he won the Critics'...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 February 1992
CityLondon, England
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.
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.'
Cinema Paradiso' is a fantastic film, I love that.
For every different role you play it's nice to have different challenges for each one.
We live alone, we die alone. Everything else is just an illusion.
It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.
I have a younger brother.
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.
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.
I had been practicing guitar about six months beforehand; I concentrated mostly on the songs I had to play. I got those down pretty well so they could use me actually playing.
Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It's almost like you have to sit back and be cool.
Also "Catcher in the Rye", which happens to be one of my favorite books, I just found that kind of useful. It helps you get into the American accent.
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.
I've got a good family to support me, so I'm grounded in that way.