I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.

Live a life less ordinary.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

Sherlock [Holmes] is on the side of the angels, but don't think he's one of them. He uses similar means, but it seems to be for a better purpose, one would hope.

I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on clues in his biography, his public persona, photographs, and other accounts of him by people who encountered him during that extraordinary period from 2007 to 2010 that we charted in the film [The Fifth Estate]. So, it involved a lot of research but, sadly, no contact with the man himself.

I'm quite sensitive to people noticing me. There are times when I'm relaxed, then others when it does make me self-conscious.