I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.

The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.

One of the best things about being an actor is that it's a meritocracy.

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.

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

An inflated sense of self-importance? Absolutely, but I think it comes from Doctor Strange need to control things and that's what happens to all surgeons, I think. There's a huge degree of uncertainty and bafflement.