I've Always Wanted To Play A Spy,

Only When Stephen Strange Has His Accident And Everything That He's Ever Had In His Life Falls Apart That He Becomes Pretty Monstrous. It's The Self-loathing Rage Of A Wounded Animal And He Doesn't Have A Coping Mechanism At All. It Ties In With The Discipline And The Magic Of This World.

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 Play Enough Other Mad People, As Well And Some Sane People, To Vary The Palette Of What's Scrabbling Around In My Head And Soul To Bring To The Floor, As A Storyteller.

When Auditioning, I Try To Imagine That I'm The Only Person That They [directors] Are Seeing That Day Because It Can Be Overwhelming, In The Same Sense That It Could Be Overwhelming If You Try To Fulfil Everyone's Expectations Rather Than The People Closest To You In The Creative Process, Be It Your Director, Or Fellow Actors And The Writers. So, That's Kind Of It - I Try To Trick Myself Into Believing That No One Has Ever Gone There Before.

I Understand From Those Who Adore Him, He [julian Assange] Has A Great Sense Of Humor Which Rarely Gets An Airing Because He's Dealing With Such Serious Issues.