Drama schools are very small community, a very incestuous community, so you get to know one another very, very quickly and it just washes over after a while. Every now and then I'll say dude or I'll say bro, and people will laugh.

If they're going to cast one person and not another, it's not rejection of your talent, it's just that they want one person and not someone else. As an actor, unfortunately, it's not your job to cast the movie.

I've never felt more American than I did when I moved to England. It becomes a real kind of part of your identity: Oh, Ben. He's the American guy. I think when you say you're from New York you get a different reception then if you just say, I'm American. So I'd always kind of make sure I was a New Yorker first.

Sometimes I find myself at three o'clock in the morning painting something and throwing things around and seeing what works. I'd like to properly study fine art. I think it would be quite an interesting endeavor.