In 'Pacific Rim' I had to have a haircut I wouldn't usually rock. However, the moustache I had in the film - that might have to come out again. It was a good moustache. Good times.

I'm never shaken or stirred.

Are there differences between black actors’ opportunities and white actors’ opportunities? Yes, there are. It’s been said.

It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?

I was always a real athletic kid. Then when I got older, I just figured it was part of life to keep training.

I still sing on bits and pieces. Singing's something that I love to do, but it's not something that I pursue as a career.

You’re directing a movie, but you are at the head of a ship of people, a whole fleet of people. And being able to manage that - being able to handle yourself as a director being a leader - that’s massively important.