I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.

I love doing impersonations of people.

My mum and dad had worked incredibly hard to afford me an education.

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

It's an interesting arc. You start with a character [Doctor Strange] who's likeable and charming but very arrogant and distant. He's funny but you can see there are massive holes in his life. It's a very painful transition and all that he becomes is tested so quickly and violently.

I drag a lot of stuff round with me that I don't need.

Even the cerebral characters I play seem to have physical quirks. They're all "physically inhabited," for lack off a better expression. For instance, Sherlock Holmes has very particular physical gestures which are drawn out in such detail.