It fills me with dismay sometimes when you look at the scripts that do come to you that are primarily focused on violence. There are so many other things to play around with.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

Words are incomplete and yet we need them. They are the cups that give our memories shape, and keep them from trickling away.

If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

When it came to kissing, Harlow was the best.

My father did everything for me. He was awesome.

Twitter is good. Why say a lot to a few people when you can say virtually nothing to everyone?

We have not touched the stars, nor are we forgiven, which brings us back to the hero’s shoulders and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

If you lived in Sheffield and were called Sebastian, you had to learn to run fast at a very early stage.

Stay in the game until the end of time.