We should have a conversation when we hang up..

I love the idea of playing something stupid or romantic. I'm not the smartest man in the room. I listen, and I learn, and I observe, but I'm always p….

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes..

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think..

[Doctor Strange] is difficult, he's arrogant, but he's kind of brilliant and charming and you'd think, "Yeah, I'd want him on my head if I needed bra….

I have actual acting scars..

I had a very sparse comic upbringing - not because I was being whipped into reading Chekhov and Dickens, but I read Asterix on holidays when I was a ….

You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange]..

Any irrational fears?no, i'm quite a rationalist. i'm not superstitious, i think life is too full of natural wonders and logical complexities to worr….

As an actor, you are aware of how a role can seep into your real life..

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it..

Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who'….

I haven't done period dramas back-to-back, or really anything back-to-back. You get asked to do what you're most recently famed for, so I'm careful o….

I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That's real….

My assessment of Julian Assange is a professional one, really, of what he's managed to achieve, and the idea that he came up with, which set the worl….

It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set..

Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don’t know anyone on Earth who doesn’t, but I do find it funny. I look in a mirror and I see all the faul….

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated..

The training gave me the building blocks to get through it. A production of that scale, in a theater that big, you are going to struggle to keep your….

Someone will always hate what I say. There’s always going to be somebody spitting blood about my wooden-faced, toffee-named, crappy acting..

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that..