Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.

I think it's kind of great, to be honest. I'll never do another film [like Swiss Army Man] where I get to talk about those things, so I might as well enjoy it while I can.

No. I can quite happily say someone is handsome, good-looking, and I can see why someone would want to f**k them, but I've never felt that way about a man myself. There is that moment in your late teens when you ask yourself the question, 'Am I?' but I wasn'tWell, this year I have a talent crush on Ryan Gosling. I think he's fantastic and(ahem) you know he'd be nice afterwards. He seems smart. If I was gay, I would go for a smart man.

I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood. I was in Japan and someone held out a photo of him for me to sign.

I want to write and direct, but I don't think if I did it for 100 years I would ever come close to putting something out there that gives a feeling of all-encompassing and joyous.

It's important to say that the more challenging a scene is, in a way, the more fun it is because the more of my job I get to do.

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.