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" 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. "

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" My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. "

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" 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. "

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

" I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public. "

" I got the 'I don't want the normal job' bug. At home, we have countless career advisors who would tell us to work in department stores and stay below the bar and not overreach our grasp. I didn't believe any of them. "

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" I find the English flag - the cross - quite frightening; it has very bad symbolism for me. Not just football hooligans but supremacists and the BNP. "

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" The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in it. I've never been interested in smoke and mirrors and cutting corners. I'd rather just do it for real. "

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" Sport is not my thing. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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