"I don't see the point of being an actor and doing the same thing, all the time. Where's the challenge there?"
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"People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth."
"I don't describe myself as a sociable person now. I can be quite... you know... grumpy? Is that a word? I guess I can be a bit grumpy."
"I'd be happy doing anything on a film set."
"I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk."
"I'm so thrilled to have been asked to guest in the Doctor Who Christmas Special, I'm such a fan of the show. The read-through was very difficult for me; I wanted to keep stuffing my fingers into my ears and scream 'No spoilers!' Every day on set I’ve had to silence my internal fan-boy squeals!"
"It's a very special thing when you go and get to work with your best friend every day."
"The Omen is one of my favorites. Even though I'm an atheist now, I was brought up Catholic and can remember thinking that it could actually be real! The first Dawn of the Dead is a great one. We had a TV serial in Britain called Day of the Triffids and that was always really terrifying for me as well."
"I'm usually up at 6 A.M., even on the weekend."
"As a kid, I wasn't listening to The Who; I was listening to Frankie Knuckles."
"I like to think I'm some savage realist."
"I would agree Paul is a sci-fi genre movie. And a road movie."
"The zeitgeist is ever-changing. If you try second guess what people want, you'll miss it."
"I find acting tough, but sitting around chatting - that's easy."
"The older I get, the less I remember."
"I like to go home early, that's my thing. My idea of a pub crawl lasts from midday until 5 P.M., then I can go home, play with my kid, have tea and go to bed."
"Someone once pulled me aside and said it was all right to succeed, and I realised that I knew what failure felt like, but I didn't know what success felt like. I've carried that with me ever since."
"I fall in love with every film while I'm doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don't think I could do it otherwise."
"My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board."
"My formative years were all about 'Star Wars' - the first three, not the last crap, obviously. I understood 'Star Trek' but it was too caricatured for me."