It Is A Wonderful Thing To Get

I Struggle To Learn By Rote. I've Had Meltdowns On Set. Which Is Embarrassing And Shameful.

There's A Huge Amount Of Footage Of Julian [ Assange] Online, But He's Usually In Presentation Or Defending Mode, Talking About His Cause, Or The Revelations Which Wikileaks Have Brought About. There's None Of Assange Relaxing Or In Private Mode. There's None Of The Personality I Tried To Give Him Behind Closed Doors [in The Fifth Estate ].

I Remember Very Clearly Someone Saying, 'don't Shake Hands With The Cactus,' And I Thought, 'well, Why Not? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?' Shaking Hands Is A Friendly Gesture.

Being On Set Is Quite Difficult, Because It's So Big And You've Got To Try And Relax, Which Isn't Easy When You Know You're In A Massive Film. I Was Terrified For Quite A Long Time.

[ Stephen Strange] Is Less Strange Than Other Characters I've Played. He's Lost The Power To Love, Which Doesn't Make Him A Nasty Person. I Just Think He's Closed-off.