Iran has interest in seeing that the Shia population of Iraq basically adhere to a line that comes from Iran.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

I love being grungy and dirty.

You have to remove your human sentiment when it comes to greed and the accumulation of wealth.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

The bad guys have all the fun!

I'm probably more of a new man. I'm not particularly alpha. 'Nourish and nurture' are my watchwords as opposed to 'search and destroy'.