I know he [Julian Assange] is a man of fierce determination, and now living under the strain of house arrest in the Ecuadorean embassy as a "political exile," as he calls himself.

That's something I have to work on: to separate what really matters, to conserve energy by not worrying about what other people think. When I walk through that door, it's about home. If I didn't do that, I'd become consumed by one thing only and damage the people who love me. And it would damage the work.

Only when Stephen Strange has his accident and everything that he's ever had in his life falls apart that he becomes pretty monstrous. It's the self-loathing rage of a wounded animal and he doesn't have a coping mechanism at all. It ties in with the discipline and the magic of this world.

I'm not loyal to one genre. I want to mix it up.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.

Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.