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I've always been, since I was a little kid, and my son is quite observant, too.

I made some really bad decisions, and I turned a lot of work down and kind of got lost in life.

I've done a few marathons. I've done a 50-mile one and even a 100-mile one.

For me, the most satisfying time to work with people, and time when it really works, is when you work with directors that are into the truth of any sort of situation.

It sounds so incredibly selfish, but you just can't earn the same money doing theater as you can doing television and film. I know that's awful, but you get a mortgage and a family, and suddenly, paying that seems quite important.

I try to avoid talking about my personal life, but I certainly don't get angry about it - I just don't talk about it.

As far as 'Trainspotting' changing my life, I think I've said before I probably squandered a few opportunities. But I'm fine with that because everything's fine.

If people know too much about you, I think you become a little less interesting as an actor - your job is to fool people.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

If I thought of myself as a movie star, I'd be an idiot. I don't know anyone who thinks like that. I don't even know movie stars who think like that.

I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next.

New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn't want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there's no hustle and bustle, no street life.

You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad.

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do.

I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor.

Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing.

For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: obviously he's a genius with an attention to detail, his ravenous hunger for all aspects of knowledge that might feed into his work. But the major thing that makes him Sherlock is his relationship with Watson - their friendship. For me, that, I guess, is the biggest side, the more interesting side than the genius.

I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

I spent a couple of months just riding a bike doing my own training in the streets.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.