If the right thing came along at the right time, it would be an enormous kind of challenge..

The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take..

Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff..

I'm proud of my works. But there's not one thing that I can put my finger on and say, "That is my greatest achievement. That's my proudest moment." T….

I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before..

I excelled in English while I was at school..

If you have created an image of yourself at 13 and it is still with you at 17, it needs to be dropped..

Saying "muff" to someone and trying to be romantic is incredibly difficult..

Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But if you get caught spying, you're literally….

I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old brownstone bui….

I've got lots of weird illustrations of me from Japanese fans..

I think it was the sense that Turn is a spy thriller, and that's a genre that really fascinates me, in general..

If you're living two lives and you're lying to everyone, you're bound to slip up, in some way, you're bound to get something wrong, and you're bound ….

It must be hard to be a female in a David Mackenzie movie. I feel like women in his films are portrayed a certain way - like broken people..

I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own..

TV is a big business. In some ways, it's surpassed films, in terms of the way people invest in these shows and invest in these characters, and give u….

I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film..

I think documentary filmmaking is a braver way to make films because it's real, and you're really there..

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England..

Any time you can completely immerse yourself in something it's fun..

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me..