I've been profoundly germophobic since I was a young child. I don't want to kiss anyone but my girlfriend for my whole life.

There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.

It's generally more fun playing the villain

For me, obviously anything that reduces the amount of acting required and makes the process more of an experience, rather than having to synthesize, is incredibly helpful. There were definitely some hardships and some challenges, but eventually all of those hardships and challenges had a positive effect on the work.

I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.

So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity

It always seemed to me like it was a significant thing to do with one's life to be an actor 'cause I love movies and I felt like, not to be grandiose about it, but there is something important about film with the function it provides to general society.