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" I am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it. "

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" I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The album is called 'Everything We Hold,' and you can hear my lyrics. "

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" Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with art - people shouldn't read too much before they explore. "

" I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. "

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" The Blue Ridge Mountains are an incredible place. "

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" That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that. "

" I'm a terrible dancer. "

" Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed. "

" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "

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" I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there. "

" I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore. "

" I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. "

" I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public. "

" I never want to overstay my welcome for any character. I would rather people are excited by the ideas a character generates in them rather than feeling bored and wishing he would just go away. "

" It's an imaginative thing we do; it's about immersing oneself in one's imagination. If you're a novelist, you do it with pen and paper. We do it with our bodies. "

" My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. "

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" My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English. "

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" I get bored quickly. Always have. Short attention span. "