Being an actor is fantastic because you get to live your dreams and all of that, but I always think it's slightly irritating when you hear from the outside world, and people are like, 'Yeah, well, if I was an actor, and all I had to do was look good, I could be that ripped, too.'

English people are always surprised I'm English.

My favorite days are at home. Spend some time in the garden, cook a couple of nice meals, watch a couple of movies. I'm pretty boring.

I think world creation and monster creation and all of that stuff is exciting as a secondary element of storytelling. When it becomes more important than storytelling, I get very nervous, and you sort of lose me a little bit.

I'm pretty mercurial and a very difficult, long-winded decision-maker at the best of times.

There's a tendency in this Hollywood machinery to take on too much. You end up not being able to give everything you want.

Since I was young, I've been aware that I need time to myself to process everything.

I think, most of the time, fame is just an inconvenience that needs to be negotiated around to get done what you're actually trying to do.

You step in with the Seth Rogens of the world, you better have some jokes.

I don't think I even have a clear perspective of how I'm depicted in the media.