If you're suddenly doing something you don't want to do for four years, just so you've got something to fall back on, by the time you come out you don't have that 16-year-old drive any more and you'll spend your life doing something you never wanted to do in the first place.

I'm just looking for that moment to drop my Jedi knickers and pull out my real light saber.

Ultimately, you have to not worry about people thinking you should have played him differently. You're the one playing the part so it has to be yours.

Originally, I Was A Happy Drunk…

Nicole - Knickers, as I call her. I would swear, burp and fart in front of her. I'd try and embarrass her and she would pretend to be shocked. I always played up on that. It was a real elder sister-younger brother relationship.'
- on his and Nicole's relationship on Moulin Rouge

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.