Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

People think that I'm haughty and stuck up, but really I'm just very shy.

I think everyone is very surprised at how matrix has become the pop culture phenomenon that it is.

Special effects are characters. Special effects are essential elements. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there.

I've been a fan of Mads since the “Casino Royale” movie. I really sat up and paid attention to him. I was like, “Who is this motherf**ker?” Even his work in something as sort of popcorn as “Clash of the Titans,” he brings a kind of danger and reality and he grounds it in such a way that you think, yes, I'm good to work with this guy. I should come back, just stay behind him. (Laughs) Our working relationship has been fantastic.

Mine were informal mentors. They were all in my working life.

You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain.