I Did A Lot Of Acting At

Fame Is A Weird One. You Need To Distance Yourself From It. People See A Value In You That You Don't See Yourself.

People's Hands Fascinate Me. It's Tempting To Look At A Businessman's Left Hand And See If There's An Indentation From A Missing Wedding Ring. Or Maybe There's A Tan Line And The Skin Is Pressed Down Where's He's Worked A Ring Off His Finger.

I'm Sad In A Way That The Character [doctor Strange ] Leaves [neurosurgery] Behind. It's An Amazing Discipline.

That's Something I Have To Work On: To Separate What Really Matters, To Conserve Energy By Not Worrying About What Other People Think. When I Walk Through That Door, It's About Home. If I Didn't Do That, I'd Become Consumed By One Thing Only And Damage The People Who Love Me. And It Would Damage The Work.

I'm Always Keen To Use My Body In My Work, So I'm Looking Forward To The Motion Capture For Smaug. Both Gollum And King Kong Were Primates, Whereas I'm Playing A Serpent, So It'll Be Interesting - I'll Have To Tie My Legs Together, Possibly, Or Else They'll Be Kind Of Splayed Out To The Side As A Reptile's Should Be.