I like to think that we’re revolving on this planet and revolving through the galaxy. I love having context that’s so much bigger than I can fathom. It’s fantastic to realise how insignificant you are.
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Kevin Feige said to me: “I don’t think we’ve ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally.” I’ll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.
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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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Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.
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Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It’s a miracle, it is magic.
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I’m excited to see where the Illuminati and whatever else might happen, how that works, and where it ends up.
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When I was young I became kind of a party animal. I had a massive crash. My health suffered. I was just overdoing it. That person could not be further from the one who emerged from that earlier experience. I regressed massively.
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We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
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I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I’m here to tell you I’m quite the opposite in real life. In fact I’m a f**king fantastic lover.
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I was very keen to work on the script with Scott Derrickson and [C. Robert] Cargill, and working out the important story beats, changing lines, upping the comedy, changing the pace, all of that was great fun.
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When you start getting jobs, and see your mates from drama school, you don’t really want to talk about it, because you have this innate sense of guilt that it’s not fair that others aren’t doing exactly what you’re doing. I do have that.
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I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
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[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I’ve played. He’s lost the power to love, which doesn’t make him a nasty person. I just think he’s closed-off.
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When are you ever settled enough to have kids?
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We all want to escape our circumstances, don’t we? Especially if you are an actor.
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I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.
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