I'm interested in pressure, I'm interested in duress. All the great works of art, or film or literature, in my opinion, have elements of those in them.

For me it's always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.

I'm not interested in a good man's life. I'm interested in contradiction.

Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."

I was obsessed with Batman as a kid. I did the film in part just to be near the Batmobile. But I also think [director] Christopher Nolan made a very fine, intelligent film.

If you behave like a celebrity, then people will treat you like a celebrity, and if you don't, they won't. There's not much to write about me in the tabloids.

I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.