It is often difficult to watch yourself onscreen, especially 60-feet high. As an actor, it is an uncomfortable experience.

My mum always used to say to me that, out of her three boys, 'Chris, you were the girl!' I'd speak to her about far more things (than my brothers would) and far more things than she needed to hear about, too. I was a chatty kid.

As a kid, you run around the house pretending to be a superhero, and now to be doing it as a job, I feel very lucky.

Having a director who is also an actor makes for that very relaxed way of working and it's empowering.

It wasn’t until Thor that I started lifting weights. It was all pretty new to me.

Chris [Evans] sent us a text that The Avengers assemble at such and such bar at 9 on Saturday night. That was a good group effort.

Each time you put the muscle back on, your body has that muscle memory and wants to hang on to it, so you just have be well underfed and over-trained to get it off and it's exhausting.