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" I love films that make you feel something but also deliver that payload behind jokes. "

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" I wish I was less good-looking and more unpopular. Then I could get into politics and use my pent-up resentment about being ugly and unpopular to systematically destroy the country. "

" I play music all the time because silence freaks me out. "

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" I always wanted to play a dapper gentleman, and I also always wanted to play my mum. "

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" Most people in their lives do feel like they are outsiders at some point. "

" You can have integrity with your art, but worrying about integrity doesn't pay the bills. "

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" I come from a country whose idea of masculinity is quite extreme, and I've grown up around a lot of that energy. I've been part of that a lot. And it's very draining; it's quite tiring trying to be macho. "

" Independent films are really the best ones out there. They're the most original stories, and they're very good. "

" I've always felt that I wanted to make a Marvel film... I just want to make sure I'm not making an episode. "

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" My favorite was 'The Lost Boys.' Corey Haim wore this trench coat, and I made my mum buy me a trench coat. I wore it to school, to primary school. "

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