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I was happy as an only child, but I've always wanted to be part of a bigger family.
I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.
The more charming person is the person who admits the other person is more charming.
Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.
It's great for the people who supported me early on to see the success I'm enjoying.
I'm quite surprised by how many people grew up with this character [Doctor Strange ].
Look at you lot, you're all so vacant, is it nice not being me it must be so relaxing.
Why this character [Doctor Strange] is being introduced, to open up the next chapter. A
You'd have to be pretty hard-nosed not to feel some sympathy for the guy [Doctor Strange].
I struggle to learn by rote. I've had meltdowns on set. Which is embarrassing and shameful.
If I'd had fame early on, I'd have been able to abuse it in the way that a young man should.
My massive motivation in life is to make parents proud. But even that has to stop at a point.
I never really got obsessed about one thing for long. I was a bit of a butterfly and a magpie.
There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.
We have a lot more unlikely heroes now. It’s not just the guy with guns—it’s the guy with brains.
There's no shame in stealing - any actor who says he doesn't is lying. You steal from everything.
Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.
I'm not an overnight success. I've been doing it for 12 years. It's been lovely and varied so far.
Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.
It's very easy to be cynical about any kind of interference in things that are beyond our skill set.
I actually do mind having a photo taken because it's one o'clock in the morning and I'm off my face.
You let things run in order to have some sanity and be able to do your work and not feel pre-judged.
Landing the role of Stephen Hawking was the most positively surprising thing that has happened to me.
[Scott Derrickson] is terrific, really sharp on the details, and he's not afraid to go to dark places.
I drive a motorbike, so there is the whiff of the grim reaper round every corner, especially in London.
I genuinely don't know Julian Assange well. To authenticate an opinion, I really would have to meet him.
I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.
I love theatre, and you learn too much as an actor and enjoy too much of it not to want to go back a lot.
I did a lot of acting at school and university, then I went to drama school. It was quite a normal route.
My own grandfathers were a submarine commander and a 'desert rats' tank operator in the Second World War.
I've realised now that the reality of children is you have to be in the right place with the right person.
I've always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.
Do I like being thought of as attractive? I don't know anyone on Earth who doesn't, but I do find it funny.
I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.
Mum did a lot of commercial theatre and farces in the 1980s and '90s to make sure the school bills were paid.
I'm excited to see where the Illuminati and whatever else might happen, how that works, and where it ends up.
I'd shift disciplines, whether it was musical instruments or sports or whatever, and it's the same with that.
I had to kiss it [ playing Hamlet] goodbye because Marvel have to plot things for the next three, four years.
When you see a good horseman, you're unable to tell where the instruction is coming from. It's like telepathy.
The armoury of having any academic education does not necessarily set you up for being a good or better actor.
You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.
Animations are really powerful - it's not just entertainment, it's a very cunning way to get good ideas across.
I have pitfalls. I have emotional responses to things that are really not about me. They're about other people.
I'm sad in a way that the character [Doctor Strange ] leaves [neurosurgery] behind. It's an amazing discipline.
There's a heroic amount of effort that goes into making him [Doctor Strange] a superhero by the end of the film.
The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.
Doctor Strange is an origin story so there's a certain room for me improving as well as the character improving.
If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.
Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.
I've been reading the books. It's the origination, it's the primary source. You should always go back to the books.