You do your due diligence, you read as much as you can, and then, ultimately, I find that you discard that and you concentrate on the characters [of 'Antropoid'] and you can draw on [the research] if you wish, but I think ultimately it's about bringing as much truth and honesty to the portrayal as possible.

I think audiences are a lot more intelligent than what we give them credit for and understand that an actor is playing a role and that doesn't mean he can't play different types of roles.

I suppose I've always been attracted to this sort of outsider in general - in literature, in music, politics, whatever - and to the person that is able to be relentlessly themselves. I don't think that I have that quality, that strength of mind.

I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker

I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.

You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction.

With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.