When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.

I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong were primates, whereas I'm playing a serpent, so it'll be interesting - I'll have to tie my legs together, possibly, or else they'll be kind of splayed out to the side as a reptile's should be.

I had parents who were working actors, who did really well in their careers, but it was a living. So it was a reality for me growing up; it wasn't a fantasy. It wasn't sitting there going, "I want to be adored." It wasn't that at all. Not to say that the screams of fans aren't a smile-raiser, but that was never the pull for me.

New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.

There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.

[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.

I love doing impersonations of people.