I'm not one for doing the children's party version: "Hi, I'm a character in a movie and now I'm in reality!" I was doing the last shot of the film before reshoots outside their shop. I was starting my run into the frame and I thought, "You are literally ending where this began. The loop of serendipity's too much to not go in and acknowledge it." I just wanted to see the look on their faces.

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

I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.

There's a huge raft of roles that actors in our culture perform, and you can see any one of about three Hamlets in a year. It's not something to be completely daunted by.

Talking about class terrifies me. There is no way of winning.

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.

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