It's not like I particularly have an interest in creepiness for creepy's sake.
One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.
I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18.
We can't constantly tell stories of heroes. We have to hear the other stories, too, about people in dire straits who make bad choices.
No family is sane, is it?
I've been listening to 'Chapo Trap House' - they're quite radical. Every time I listen to it, my brain feels opened up.
I've played an awful lot of repressed people.
I'm a bit nerdy about accents. I love it.
When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.
I was quite quiet as a kid. I sat around watching people.
I love being able to express myself through what I wear - and for it to be a way of expressing uniqueness and individuality.
My access point to the '70s is films from that time, and they all have that paranoiac quality.
Whenever I'm in theatre situations I will go out of my way not to talk about my father, but in the film world I can be really proud of my family and say, 'You know what: my dad's a really, really famous theatre director,' because nobody has any idea.
It doesn't matter how much polite self-deprecating fluff you have on the outside if you don't have a steely something in the middle that says, 'You know what, I'm actually really, really good at this, and this is what I can do, and I'm going to do it.'
If I sat around thinking about acting all day, I'd lose my mind.
Steven Spielberg was a huge part of my childhood, like everyone's, I guess.
It's so rare that I get to do something in my own accent in my own hometown.
I don't think I can boast about him. 'Hey, my dad is a British institution; he's done all these incredible things and I'm really proud of him.' There is a certain baggage that comes with that in England.
If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.
As someone who works and travels as much, you could feel... A bit rootless?
