There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.

It's difficult because nothing's preordained by plan and you can't control it. That's one of those joys and thrills and nerve-racking realities of being an actor. A lot has to do with luck, no matter what your talent or contribution can be.

It's one of the things that attracted me to the role [Doctor Strange] is the fact that it's a really widely origin story, I mean this is part of it, but of course there's the whole chapter before where he's the neurosurgeon who has the accident. It's fantastic.

As an actor, to be part of that story's [Marvel univerce ] terrific. I've enjoyed it so much as a fan and now I'm getting to have a go myself.

The biggest lesson Stephen Strange learns in this film is it's not all about him.

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

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