If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.

It's always a fascinating subject - a serial killer let loose on a small community. It always holds, it's always scary.

One man can change the world with a bullet in the right place.

The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.

I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.

Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.