A story about my life would be utterly dull. 
I look at the Christian Bale movies, the 'Batman' films, and that shows you that superhero movies don't just have to be about men in tights. 
Until I'm on the set of a film, to me it's still not for real. 
Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me. 
I still take work if I think it's good. If I like the script, I'll do it. If I don't, I won't. 
I judge people very quickly. 
My favorite name of a fandom is Benedict Cumberbatch's - 'the Cumberbatches' is just the best name. 
As an actor sometimes you can be a bit emotional and forceful, and that's not always the way to be. 
Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness. 
I am a nerd, but I don't dive head-first into any fiefdom of nerdiness, except for maybe 'Star Trek.' 
I don't mind playing somebody who's not likable, or makes the audience feel slightly conflicted. 
One of the weird things about Hollywood is we're all imposters; we're all just glammed up. 
I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest. 
I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something. 
Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche. 
I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake, you're dead. 
As I get older, I want to do more films for kids because they're the best audience around. Just putting a smile on a kid's face is the best thing. 
I play football once or twice a week. I eat pretty healthy. I'm in fairly good shape most of the time. 
I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much. 
I want to be like Matt Damon and do a hugely successful thinking-man's action franchise like 'Bourne.' 
Filmmaking is a miracle of collaboration. 
I think I'm losing my hair finally. And, yeah, that's kind of all I know. 
I've cried a lot because of women. I cry a lot, as a person. 
I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am. 
The world seemed less scary and I started to like myself a little bit more. 
Shooting films in Britain is always difficult, because we've never got enough money to make them. 
It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press. 
A cry-wanking scene is the struggle to live, in a single moment. 
Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry. 
For me, Charles Xavier is a monk. He's like a selfless, egoless almost sexless force for the betterment of humanity and mortality. 