If people ask, 'Are you Sherlock Holmes?', it's horribly naff, but I say, 'I'm not, I just look a bit like him' - which is how I feel. There are bad attributes of his that I really don't share!

I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.

It still makes me giggle that I'm paid to act.

I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.

[ Stephen Strange] is less strange than other characters I've played. He's lost the power to love, which doesn't make him a nasty person. I just think he's closed-off.

Maybe it's just getting older, but I don't want to miss things.

Actor is an odd profession, and sometimes people get jealous, but I haven't really experienced any of that. Everyone's been really happy for me, which is really, really great.