I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

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.

We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.

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.

I know that might sound perverse because I played Julian Assange but, honestly, I don't think it would be fair for me to judge the man. I realize that makes me a bit of a hypocrite because I was portraying him a certain way, but we were always open to the fact that this was an interpretation, not any kind of exact evidence of who the man was.

Anyone who works in the NHS has superpowers. It's a miracle, it is magic.

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