I find that, when I'm working, if I start the day with a run - outside, not in a gym, but just me out there in the elements, with only my own legs to propel me forward... It's something to do with just being in the world and getting out of my own head.

I even feel grateful for the failures.

You can’t really legislate for the decisions that your heart makes.

Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in Batman; Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.

Every villain is a hero in his own mind.

The character, as written on the page, is just a blueprint for a human being.

I think the early years, the first decade of your life, is the most formative in a way.