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" I think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff. "

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" I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works? "

" Sprinting for a full day in Atlanta in midsummer proved very challenging. That humidity is crazy. Georgia is a beautiful state, but the weather is intense. I was warned, but for some reason I thought it would be like L.A. in the summer. The reality? No. "

" People say that New Yorkers aren't friendly, but I think they're more friendly than Londoners. Here there is a front-footed nature of Americans. You can go out on a night out and meet 10 random people and stay in touch with them, whereas that's not going to happen in the same way in London. "

" I've been part of five different bands in my time. "

" I want diversity in what I do, as that's what helps you in the long term. It's more fulfilling, and you'll have a longer shelf life as an actor. "

" If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right. "

" Sometimes the best parts are the leading men. But the little parts can be similarly gratifying. "

" I always think that you finish one movie, you start a new one, and you think, 'OK. I did that last one. Now I've learned. I know how this works.' Then by the end of the movie, you think, 'No, I don't, really.' "

" I'm definitely a joker. "

" What is interesting, as well, is how much power homicide detectives have and how much respect. They are kind of rock stars, especially in New York. There are not that many of them. "

" I don't think I believe in ghosts, per se. But, my nearest experience was when I went on a weekend away and was in a bar in England, years ago, with an ex-girlfriend. I heard this scratching. I was about to go to bed and I was thinking, 'It's an old ghost.' I could hear this noise, but I couldn't work out where it was coming from. "

" Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to. "

" I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky. "

" I saw 'Captain America' in 3D. It's cool. I liked the beginning. It's a really good setup. "

" I watched 'The Shield.' That was a big show for me. "

" New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. "

" I'd love to do something where I played a musician. "

" Everybody has a bit of body armor they wear to protect themselves, and love is about trying to break it down. You have to see who a person really is and connect with her to break that armor. "

" While I find my job as an actor challenging, I also think that there's fun in that challenge. "

" I think you can tell when a New York show isn't shot in the city. It's so iconic and has such a specific energy. "

" I'm a bit of a dude. I like meat. But I am buying it more responsibly, where it's more sourced responsibly. "

" Working with Woody Allen was extremely gratifying. He has such a vast catalog of great work that doing one of his films was somewhat unreal. "

" To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London. "

" 'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - that is a big part of the message - but it's also about conformity and forcing people into these simple archetypes. At the end of the day, humans don't exist like that. We're multifaceted. "

" My obsession is plastic packaging. It makes me sick, all the waste. Everything about it disappoints me. "

" It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women. "

" Let's see... I have a thing for pretty legs. But most importantly, I like confident women. "

" I've got two brothers and two sisters, so there's five of us and we're all very close, which is cool. "

" Diving into Internet speculation is like playing with the devil. It's tempting, of course. "