I've never been front and centre as an iconic American character [like in Doctor Strange]. Day to day, you know you're painting on a very big canvas.

Laughing and crying are really similar - what happens to your body. It's a very similar process in your diaphragm. Like a musician, you have to do your scales once in a while and warm up your voice.

There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.

I was thrilled with how the first series of 'Sherlock' was received. It was such great fun to film, which makes it so rewarding when something you enjoy is so well received.

You have to sometimes just run with the problem rather than trying to solve it with hi-tech wizardry and lots of planning.

Even though my parents experiences were different from mine. I wasn't a child actor brat; I didn't travel with them in the circuit. But I got a look into their world, so I did know what I was getting into, to an extent. And they are a constant source of grounding.

Those are more universal things than some of the characters I play, who are slightly sociopathic. I keep reminding people I can do ordinary.