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

One of the fears of having too much work is not having time to observe. And once you get recognised, there is nowhere for you to look any more. You can't sit on a night bus and watch it all happen.

I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].

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

I'm sort of focused on my long-term goal of carving out a career that's for life, rather than being a flash in the pan.

There's a huge amount of footage of Julian [ Assange] online, but he's usually in presentation or defending mode, talking about his cause, or the revelations which Wikileaks have brought about. There's none of Assange relaxing or in private mode. There's none of the personality I tried to give him behind closed doors [in The Fifth Estate ].

I just increasingly enjoy the quiet moments when I can be on my own with my friends and family, or with a book, having a live experience. That's really what I crave, and I always have done.