Hayden christensen

One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

Everyone has their own approach to how they work.

I love my mother Ali so much. I'm a momma's boy. I just have a very cool mom. It's not as though I had any say in the matter. I'm just really fortunate. She's the most kind, loving, giving woman.

Between takes I find it difficult to switch off and then try and re-emerge myself in the part, so I try to stay in that frame of mine all day. It can be exhausting and you lose a sense of self, but it...

I try to stay away from the L.A. scene as much as possible. I feel it helps me to better prepare for my roles if I am not too involved in that whole thing.

I've always been kind of a hermit.

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge.

I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.

For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day.