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" I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. "

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" I got hooked to American news like a great TV season. It plays like fiction. I would come home from work, and I would put it on, and I would stay up until 2 in the morning watching it and get up in the morning and watch it. "

" Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for. "

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" It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries. "

" You always have to look for something beautiful wherever you go. "

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" I kind of drifted into acting through a series of coincidences. "

" I would consider myself one of the least misogynistic men in the country - if anything, just the opposite. "

" Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience. "

" A lot of the city boys in London, a lot of the hedge-fund, young city workers at the height of the financial boom were a lot of working-class, brilliantly minded young fellows and women. "

" Most parts I've played since 'Naked,' I can barely remember who they were, let alone repeat any lines. "

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