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" My formative years were all about 'Star Wars' - the first three, not the last crap, obviously. I understood 'Star Trek' but it was too caricatured for me. "

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" The zeitgeist is ever-changing. If you try second guess what people want, you'll miss it. "

" A lot of people who do drama say comedy is the hardest thing, but, not wanting to sound like a bighead, comedy is easy for me, as I've always been fairly funny. "

" Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process. "

" There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema. "

" I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk. "

" I'd like to play the voice of the Iron in the Monopoly movie. "

" I would be happy living on a massive ranch in Montana and not seeing anyone except my friends and family. "

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" One of my biggest disappointments is watching the trailer for the second 'Lord of the Rings' film and having Gandalf in it. Why? You know, he died in the first one, why give it away in the trailer just to try and sell a thousand more seats? It's daft. "

" I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that a word? I guess I can be a bit grumpy. "

" I love Twitter; I'm on Twitter quite a lot. "

" I fall in love with every film while I'm doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don't think I could do it otherwise. "

" I volunteered on a farming community in Israel for two years when I was a teenager. One of the jobs involved clearing out a massive warehouse full of chickens ready for the abattoir. The smell of 40,000 chickens in 45C is awful. "

" My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board. "

" I think some people see me as being some kind of lovable, bumbling buffoon, and I'm actually quite mouthy and sharp, and that doesn't compute. "

" I'd be happy doing anything on a film set. "

" In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching. "

" I wanted to write rather than do anything else. But 'cause I left school at 15, I didn't know what a noun was, still don't. "

" I love working. I feel guilty about doing nothing; I get bored. "

" I always think I could play a fantastic psychopath. I'd like to play a psycho. With a heart, you know. A caring lunatic. "

" If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out. "

" Football and me have never got on. My instinct and love for the harder end of contact had always meant I was perhaps a little too heavy-handed for football. Somehow it left me feeling unfulfilled. "

" It's nice to have someone write a couture character for you. "

" I'm usually up at 6 A.M., even on the weekend. "

" As a kid, I wasn't listening to The Who; I was listening to Frankie Knuckles. "

" People say, 'Oh, you're famous now, so you must go to L.A.' - I don't live in L.A. now - but it's like, why wouldn't you? The weather is amazing, the film industry's there, it's a great quality of life. "

" I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed. "

" I like to think I'm some savage realist. "

" People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth. "

" Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since. "

" I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy. "