It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.

Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

It was pretty daunting. Normally, I never go to a gym, but before we started shooting, I thought I'd better. I reckoned I was in really good shape, and then I looked around and I was half the size of everyone else. A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.