I love the stories that have come before, that we know of. I think for me it's always more interesting to start from square one and you take the fundamental pillars of the character and, around that, try to create something new and different.

As an actor it's easy to be so self-critical, saying to yourself: "Am I good enough? Am I good looking enough? Am I smart enough?" Yet here I am, so I'm lucky.

After many years of self-flagellation, I've realised that beating myself up doesn't get me anywhere.

For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.

Anybody who's gone through puberty has understood what it feels like to be an outcast and alone.

Even now, I'm better around people who are uncomfortable with themselves, the misfits.

Working together always works together better... it also appeals to a primal, animal thing, which is that humans are social creatures.