It's very, very tempting to make a superhero film or show and make it about the powers.

All we can do now is try to prevent secondary damage by relieving pressure on the brain caused by the initial injury. There is no reparative treatment for traumatic brain injury.

I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.

It's so easy to become obsessed with the film industry and recognition that we can forget that we are not saving the world. We are just actors trying to entertain people.

What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always heroic and their acts aren't always devoid of selfishness.

We had no idea that this show [Daredevil] would be as popular as it was, but with the benefit of hindsight, one thing I can say is that I think that was a really, really smart move.

Of all the London theatres, the Donmar is the dream.

If the show encourages an audience to ask the question, "Is this character's emotional response to this situation valid?," then that's a really good question to ask.

In other films and TV shows, we might say, "Well, they're just evil." In our show [Daredeval], we're trying to say, "There's bad actions, but not necessarily bad people."

I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.

Fame terrifies me. I can say that with honesty. You're terrified that, when people know the real you, they won't like you.

I think maybe today a poem I hopeafter breakfast I start tryingpulling it out of my own gutmostly by force

An inch of light can conquer a mile of darkness.

Pride can be friend, ego can be foe...depending on which one we choose, or not, to conquer.

We're saying the story doesn't end here, that the air in your lungs is there for a reason.

Love lieth deep; Love dwells not in lip-depths.

This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.

It's an amazing confidence boost when you have that swagger of knowing when you pull on the racetrack, all eyes are on you because they know you're the best.

I do try to be of some use in the world. I sometimes do volunteer work with kids, and manage to help some people a little, but really making a significant difference can be hard.

I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.

What will you do with them?" "Redo them in charcoal, probably." "And then?" "Tack them to my bedroom wall." Bedroom wall? "Who wouldn't want to wake up to this?