I've gone up two suit sizes. The character I'm playing, he's strong, I can say that much. I've changed my physique a bit, so that requires eating like a foie gras goose, well beyond your appetite. Providing I don't feel too ill, I then work out two hours a day with a phenomenal trainer. It's the L.A. way.

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've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.

I still find to give an interview to be difficult, as any person who deals with the press will tell you. That's why it's nice, with this one, to talk to a friend. But sometimes with a coffee and a friendly smile, I suddenly start talking without thinking about how it's going to be read.

I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people.

I'm really not Sherlock Holmes. I look a little bit like him and sound like him.

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you're doing an origin story there's a lot of room for manoeuvre.