Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

It's the obvious thing to say but artists want to be able to tell all kinds of stories and tear down every kind of wall, to look at ourselves and examine who we are and just get deeper insights into what makes us human beings. Anything that could possibly prevent that in our near future horrifies me to no end.

I don't like to be walking around in a vacuum, lost in my own thoughts. I'm much better with information.

Well, obviously, as soon as I'd finished the script I read a lot of books on Winston Churchill, and started to gain weight and really prepare emotionally, mentally and physically for the role.

I'm trying not to put myself into anything I'm not 100 percent confident about.

The way I see it, if you're going to make an action movie, you've got to make one with John Woo.

In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.