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

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" The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing. "

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

" All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing. "

" I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me. "

" I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. "

" I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could! "

" I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved. "

" The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice. "

" I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent. "

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

" Han Solo is more interesting than Superman because he's flawed. Superman's flaw is kryptonite, and that's it. He can make time go backwards, for God's sake, but with Han Solo or Indiana Jones, there's a bit of humanity there. "

" This industry is too bonkers to understand. Every single part is completely different. "

" I don't do glamorous things. "

" People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm a terrible dancer. "

" I've been a big blagger all my life. "

" I've never been to war, and I would never presume to fully understand the horrors that that kind of experience can impart. "

" Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films. "

" I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind. "

" Some are in it for the money, which is fine. Some of them are in it to be a movie star; that's another reason. Some actors - and this I never understand - will only play likeable characters. And if they're not likeable, they change them to be heroic. "

" Sport is not my thing. "

" It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this world which will still be here. "

" It might look like some incredibly complicated map to get from English period films to American action anti-heroes, but it really is just about not having a plan. "

" I got the 'I don't want the normal job' bug. At home, we have countless career advisors who would tell us to work in department stores and stay below the bar and not overreach our grasp. I didn't believe any of them. "

" The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still. "

" 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 really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. "

" I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash. "