I was obsessed with vampires when I was 13 or 14.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

It is not any common earth, Water or wood or air, But Merlin’s Isle of GramaryeThat you and I will fare.

Biology, it's the technology which builds our world, and we can harness it to shift humanity from a scarcity to an abundance economy.

It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.

The works of nature first acquire a meaning in the commentaries they provoke.

Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.

Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

Don’t try to plan everything out to the very last detail. I’m a big believer in just getting it out there: create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.

Every day is a dream, every day I spend with my wife.

I feel like war should occur only for the most vital and necessary reasons, and only then.

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.