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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" Wood is weirdly a big passion of mine. I really love it, all the way from trees to a finished table. The fact that it was alive and that each piece is different. "

" I'm studying Krav Maga, which is an Israeli form of self defense. It's very deadly and without rules. "

" I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice. "

" Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight! "

" 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. "

" I find it quite unsettling if I'm doing the same thing that I did yesterday. "

" One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control. "

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

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

" I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist. "

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

" Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around. "

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" I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over. "

" I only do the press for the work. 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. "

" If I make a film about now, the minute it was done, it wouldn't be about now; it'd be about then. "

" 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. "

" I don't do glamorous things. "

" I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz. "

" 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. "

" I have to be absolutely drawn to the project. If you're ashamed or bored by it at the beginning, it's going to be a pretty nightmarish thing. "

" There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy. "

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

" The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged. "

" I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared. "

" I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords. "

" I guess the reason I wanted to be an actor was that it felt like it would offer something different all the time. "

" 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. "

" The Blue Ridge Mountains are an incredible place. "

" I believe in allowing an audience the opportunity to make up their own mind. "