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" 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. "

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" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "

" 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 wasn't interested in football. It made me different. I wore glasses, had bad hair, a funny name, you name it. "

" We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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" When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that. "

" I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me. "

" 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. "

" Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely. "

" I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving. "

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

" 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! "

" There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision. "

" 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. "

" Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it. "

" 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. "

" I don't do glamorous things. "

" If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. "

" 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. "

" I was bullied a lot... doing anything overly well was punished by the kids. "

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

" I went to a drama club when I was little, but it was more of an excuse to flirt with girls than anything else. We never put on plays. "