I always try to plan things out, but they never work out the way I expect.

Life's a climb, but the view's great.

We called my dad MacGyver when I was a kid, and I learned a lot from him. He just enjoys problem solving in that way. I do, too, which is something I inherited.

On the first one, X-Men: First Class, it would be James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult and I. I'd basically inhale, there would be a red flashing light, and then the stuff at the end of the hallway would just blow up. It really felt like I could do those things, but, sadly, I can't. It was a lot of fun; I got to play a superhero that I was familiar with since I was a kid. It doesn't really get much better than that.

Havok ended a chapter of my life and I get to start a new one with MacGyver.

Money is cool, but being proud of yourself is something that's so rare.

Actually there were [ in MacGyver] a lot of things about the original that focused on the character, but not too many people seem to remember that.