Actor

The majority of comic book villains are pure evil, but Curt Connors is an exception. Curt Connors is a good man who initially wants to save the world, but he gets hungry and greedy and reckless, and he pays the price for that.

For me, 'Come and See' is, by a million miles, the best film about war that has ever been made. I would highly recommend, encourage and enforce anyone to watch it.

I don't do celebrity.

Every species has its pub.

Whereas Superman is a godlike guy from another planet and Batman is this mysterious, unknowable billionaire, everyone in 'Spider-Man' is human and flawed.

Acting is not an intellectual process for me. It comes from my heart. It's this strange netherworld of osmosis where I simply become.

I go to work, and I work very hard. I'm loyal, generous, true, kind, fair - all those boxes are ticked. I'm going to Heaven.

You know you are in a good film when it affects the audience.

The war on drugs is being lost on a daily basis.

I do find real life a bit overwhelming sometimes. I'm totally chaotic.

I'm a factory-floor actor: I learn the lines, I get there on time.

The older I get, I'm really reminded how important the arts are to our wellbeing as a society.

My work is my way of expressing myself without being arrested.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

A pub can be a magical place.

In terms of partying and reckless abandon, I'm Don Juan. But, in terms of my heart, I'm the most loyal man you'll ever meet.

People say: 'Oh, it's only acting,' but it's not ever just acting. At least not with me.

What was extraordinary about Occupy London was that it was a village with a louder voice than one of the biggest cities of the world.

I went to the Guilford School of Music and Drama, which was affiliated with the Royal Shakespeare Company. I was lucky enough to be taught by a beautiful, wonderful teacher called Patsy Rodenberg, who works a lot with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a voice coach and technician.

I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time.