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" 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. "

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" I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art. "

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

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

" I don't love plays. I don't love doing the same thing, every night, for 100 nights in a row. "

" I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing. "

" It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. "

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

" 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. "

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I Am

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

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

" I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there. "

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

" Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with art - people shouldn't read too much before they explore. "

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

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

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

" I'm a terrible dancer. "

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" I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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! "