This is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven’t really experienced any of that. Everyone’s been really happy for me, which is really, really great.
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I have actual acting scars.
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Even in cerebral roles that are seemingly intelligent and nothing else, I think it’s so important to wrap your characterization in a physical form as well.
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I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
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Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you’re doing an origin story there’s a lot of room for manoeuvre.
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You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.
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Maybe it’s just getting older, but I don’t want to miss things.
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When you freefall for 7,000 feet it doesn’t feel like you’re falling: it feels like you’re floating, a bit like scuba diving.
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When you’re a kid, ‘Star Trek’ is a slower burn. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it – which is its universal appeal, I think.
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Not that i had a big arse but even that was toned.
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Our daily lives are so mundane, we get taken over by what is immediately in front of us and we don’t see beyond that.
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