Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

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

Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you're doing an origin story there's a lot of room for manoeuvre.

I always seem to be cast as slightly wan, ethereal, troubled intellectuals or physically ambivalent bad lovers. But I'm here to tell you I'm quite the opposite in real life. In fact I'm a f**king fantastic lover.

Look at you lot, you're all so vacant, is it nice not being me it must be so relaxing.

I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.

I suppose my bodily proportions are quite flattering. I'm ripped, doing something I wouldn't normally do with my body, or having done to it, involving Watson.