I mean, I think everybody should probably approach a film that it's another unwanted thing. That's going to be seared onto my brain for the rest of my life. Thank you for that.

There's a drive in me that won't allow me to do certain things that are easy.

When you take on the idea of playing someone like Jimmy Bulger, it's a radically different process because you're going into make-up. The only way you can do it is to come out of make-up looking like the guy. If you don't look like the guy, it's going to bug you, all day.

It's important to keep challenging myself and try to come up with some new face every now and again.

There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time.

There are necessary evils. Money is an important thing in terms of representing freedom in our world. And now I have a daughter to think about. It's really the first time I've thought about the future and what it could be.

Well, having no intelligence, I'm looking forward to gaining some, whether artificial, superficial or super-duper.