Thomas Dekker is 25 years old!
You’re twenty-five and no doubt experiencing your quarter-life crisis. You have expressed before that you’re ‘old’ and ‘haven’t done enough’. But fear not, you’re the only one who thinks this. To an outsider, you’ve accomplished amazing things and proven an inspiration for so many of us. So much of your journey is documented and immortalised in film. We’ve all had the pleasure of watching you grow as an actor and as a person – and into an incredible one. As Richard T. Jones once said about you “you achieve more by 6am than most people do all day”. You always strive for bigger and better. You’ve not only mastered one career, one art but many – acting, various aspects of film, music, art…when most 25 year olds are still figuring out their dreams or trying to make them a reality. You have been around the world, met so many people and affected their lives more than you could imagine. From personal experience, what you did for me this year alone is immense and I am so grateful, as always, for your kindness and extreme thoughtfulness.
You have such a bright future and I know we’re all excited to see what’s ahead.
Happy Birthday, Superstar. Have an amazing day. And then an amazing year. And another few quarter centuries too.
P.S. Can’t wait to see you in London and give you the birthday gift I found but couldn’t mail.