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Rather nostalgically, I sometimes think I could still play Juliet. Inside, I'm still an incorrigible romantic.

If I had seen a black woman play Juliet as a little girl, my idea of my place in the world would have been totally different.

People often argue about this. Obviously one of the skills in performance is acting, and you can't expect every Romeo to really be in love with their Juliet!

I did a crazy version of 'Romeo and Juliet' once, and I played Romeo.

It's pretty hard to play 'Romeo and Juliet' with someone and not fall in love.

I played Romeo when I was younger, and I think I did a couple kind Romeo-like parts after that, and I kind of went, 'I mustn't do this again. I must always choose something that I don't know if I'm a good enough actor to play.'

I tried to forget about playing Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet' and just think about him as a normal guy, as a normal character, and just try and approach him the same I would every other character.

I started off as an actor thinking that I would be this Romeo, this dashing leading man. It turns out that I'm a character actor.

I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?