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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs.

I'm constantly trying to find something that's different from me, whereas some actors do the same thing, again and again. That's not for me.

I was lucky enough, when I was younger, to have the chance to do as much as possible, and I found what I wanted to do. I did swimming, gymnastics, kickboxing and the one that took off more than the others was acting.

I got into beards right in the middle of the hipster boom.

People look at stuff like 'Godzilla' and 'Avengers' and think I only do blockbusters, or however you wanna put it, but in reality, I can make double or triple what I got paid for 'Avengers' by doing other stuff - there are other options, but I don't want to work with this person or that person, and so I don't do it.

The problem with independent films is that they can be hit or miss. I've seen scripts that have blown me away. But there have to be all the right ingredients in place to make them work: the director, cast, publicity, distribution.

I have to be fully committed to do a project nowadays, because if I say yes to something, it means the whole family are going to have to move for the job. It's a lot of upheaval. So, it has to be really worth it. Otherwise, I'd just as well not bother.

I was raised by women. Now I'm raising women. I was always better around girls. I live in an all-female household. I even have two female dogs... It's funny how that turned out.

My whole thing, my priority, is my family, my kids, and my wife. That's my future. I don't really care about what role is next.

We have the ability to be able, if we have the right resources around us, to really do chop and change and have fun in our time and not just be stuck in one world or the other.

I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.

I love being a father. It's one of my big jobs is just being a parent. It's one of my favorite things I do.

I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.

Whenever I read a script, I start recasting the role that I might play. I'm like, 'God, this should be played by Domhnall Gleeson, not me.'

I want to work with great directors. I've picked films based on the script or the character and seen them collapse because the directors were not strong visionaries.

I was brought up by my mum and my sister. I've always been around independent women; I like that. Anybody who's a fake I don't like and I don't talk to.

I'm happy to say I'm a feminist. Being a feminist is just believing in equal rights. Man, woman, gay, straight, black, white - we're all in it together.

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

I like my world to be calm.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.

I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.