Latest Freddie Highmore Quotes from Interviews

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• I guess you wouldn't dare to dream that you would get to the end of five years.

  Freddie Highmore

  Dream, Dare

  Source: www.avclub.com

• 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.

  Freddie Highmore

  Song, Guitar, Play

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• I always try doing a different character for every film so it's not just changing one.

  Freddie Highmore

  Character, Trying, Different

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• 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.

  Freddie Highmore

  Growing Up, Guy, Today

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• 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.

  Freddie Highmore

  Book, Helping, Kind

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• It seemed really easy waving your hands around, it wouldn't make any difference if you were moving it left or right, but I wanted to do it realistically. I think you can tell if someone doesn't know what they're doing.

  Freddie Highmore

  Moving, Thinking, Hands

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• I don't go home and pretend I'm August rather than just the actual lines I'm saying in the film. If you do it that way, it makes it more natural and second nature. After awhile you get used to it and there's so much, especially being in New York to film; you're always surrounded by American people.

  Freddie Highmore

  New York, Home, August

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• It was great to do August Rush and have all the challenges of playing that character, especially the American accent for the first time and also playing the guitar and the conducting I had to do.

  Freddie Highmore

  Character, Guitar, August

  "Freddie Highmore, Kerri Russell, and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers Find Family in August Rush". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. November 21, 2007.

• I think I've always been kept grounded. I've never been too involved with the movie business apart from just doing the film. I've never moved out to LA like a lot of people or been too drawn in by that.

  Freddie Highmore

  Thinking, People, Film

  "The Art of Getting By - Freddie Highmore interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• Robin Williams is great; it's just like having a conversation when you're doing a scene with him really. It's just so relaxed on the set whenever he's around. Also he's just always telling jokes; he's always on. It must be funny for him though because he must think everyone's brain goes so much slower than his. He's working overtime on all these different ideas that pop into his head. Everyone else must feel miles behind!

  Freddie Highmore

  Thinking, Ideas, Brain

  "Freddie Highmore On August Rush: The Rt Interview". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. November 20, 2007.