He’s a very inspired choice for a movie like this because he’s very specific and precise and he’s very psychologically clear. And for a movie like this, which you could do very bombastically — a...

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That’s what I believe.

often attracted to people with conflicts or flawed people because they’re more interesting. There’s something very attractive about playing an ordinary guy trying to cope with extraordinary things. He’s a flawed human being struggling.

I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.

I never saw it coming. You know, you very often read a thriller and you can see where it’s heading or things are spelled out too clearly or they’re so clever in their twist and...

My gardening skills are awful.

Welcome to famine relief…

I’m not normally one to commit to a long-running series.

Frank Miller was worried it would be tempered down; it wouldn’t be quite what he originally intended. Robert Rodriguez went to him and said, ‘I’m going to be incredibly faithful to your original material,’ shot...

I think it could definitely be disturbing. It’s taken the central theme and it’s definitely the same story, but the elements of the book have been changed quite a lot. It’s still set 30 years...

I think it’s the most successful bedding in of computer technology and people I’ve ever seen in a movie.

Nothing worth discussing? You were so close.

You go back to those films of the ’40s and ’50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we’ve really lost that in movies.

A terrible thing happens and it’s a nightmare that begins and just seems to spiral out of control.

Don’t open the door!

Julia Roberts couldn’t be nicer

They are not bad people trying to cheat on their spouses, but they are drawn together and they are flawed.

Oh no, we definitely weren’t there together. In fact, much as I would have liked to, I didn’t even get to meet the guy. But I do understand that he was there at the show.

Welcome to Briton…

One of the things I’m most proud of about my career is the fact I’ve managed to keep options open.

I was very keen on playing a victim,

I don’t think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It’s a craft, and I’m constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

I’m not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.

I had a great time there. It’s a very lovely, cultural place. Great restaurants, great places to go. People were really lovely.

I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don’t necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.

Wow.