1. "The fact that you touched somebody’s soul or made them laugh—that’s a wonderful thing." -- 7x7 San Francisco (April 1, 2005)


2. "I was a week away from qualifying and they let me go very quickly. I was just insane. I was never going to be a lawyer. I had no enthusiasm." -- Venice Magazine (November 1, 2003)


3. "When I met Angie at the audition, the minute she walked in, we just clicked and she made the process so easy for me, reading with a great actress rather than a casting director. Angie’s really cool, very down-to-earth. Very funny." -- Venice Magazine (November 1, 2003)


4. "CNBC, I think, ran a story, then someone told me that CNN reported that I’d been named the next Bond! It was late at night and I was sitting in this shitty little flat I’d bought with what I made on “Attila” thinking to myself, “Here’s newcasters in America thinking that I’m the new Bond, when in fact I’m sitting in this crappy little flat, pissed that my washing machine doesn’t work and two of my lamps are busted! (laughs)." -- Venice Magazine (November 1, 2003)


5. "'When CNN said on the air that there were rumors that I had been cast as Bond, I was back in London. My washing machine was broken, and the central heating wouldn't turn on, and the house was freezing. There I was, the 'next big thing' again, and the contrast seemed greater than usual. On the one hand, I was Bond. On the other, my life was a mess." -- New York Times (March 13, 2005)


6. "I think they're also considering Miss Piggy." -- New York Times (March 13, 2005)


7. "Of course, if 'Phantom makes me a star, I will still be unknown. 'The Phantom of the Opera' is probably the biggest movie I've done, and for most of the film, I'm wearing a mask and a cape, and it's the least recognizable I've ever been. When I watch the film, I think, Is that really me? And I like that. Maintaining my anonymity suits me." -- New York Times (March 13, 2005)


8. "When I read the script, I kept wiping tears from my neck. But I didn't know if I could do the singing. I started training even before I had the role. I sang so much during the filming of 'Dear Frankie,' my co-stars kept telling me to shut up." -- New York Times (March 13, 2005)


9. "[On his family and friend's reaction to his auditioning for POTO]Everybody said that! I said ‘It’s Phantom of the Opera’ and I watched their mind processes and they went ‘really? Is it a musical?’ and I said ‘yeah!’ and they went ‘hmm, can you sing?’ and I went ‘apparently, Andrew Lloyd Webber thinks I can…" -- Good Morning America (December 14, 2004)


10. "Yeah, I’m happy, I mean, it’s busy, I’m all over the place, it’s crazy, but I’ve done many movies that I have to talk about that I’m not proud of and I have to pretend to be…THIS [Phantom], I love." -- Good Morning America (December 14, 2004)


11. "It was an incredibly bizarre experience. The emotion that came out when I met him showed me how much sits in this body of yours — how much pain and sorrow that you don’t know you have until it is unleashed. I think The Phantom of the Opera speaks to us all about the fears we have in life, our imperfections, about being alone. The story itself is heartbreaking, tragic, powerful and emotional and one that touches everybody." -- The Times Online (December 11, 2004)


12. "I had been such a high-flyer up until that point—I was president of my class, tops at my school, I landed a top job with a top firm. But I was miserable. I was drinkin’ too much, and I knew in my heart that being a lawyer was not what I wanted to do. Anyway, at one point I had missed work so often that I was on my final warning—and strangely enough, a week before, I’d gone to see “Trainspotting,” the play, at the Edinburgh Festival, and had my heart broken watching this guy play the lead, Renton, thinking, I know I can do this. So after I missed work again, they let me

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2009 Tales of the Black Freighter (video short) The Sea Captain (voice)

2008 RocknRolla One Two

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2007 P.S. I Love You Gerry

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2006 300 King Leonidas

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2005 Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (short) Prefect Cassius Chaerea

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2004 The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom

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2003 Timeline Andre Marek

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2002 Shooters Jackie Junior

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1999 One More Kiss Sam

1999 Please! (short) Peter (as Gerry Butler)

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1998 Little White Lies (TV movie) Peter

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