I enjoy any type of physical transformation. I enjoy working with the hair and makeup department and I enjoy watching people be very good at their jobs.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

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 have described myself as being 'gently eccentric.'

And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.

In some ways, you get to find your voice better in [a sequel] because you have to define how you're doing it differently.