In my life, the strongest evidence of any fandom is 'Sherlock' - 'Hobbit' fans are positively restrained.
True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.
It's a funny thing, 'The Office,' because millions and millions and millions and millions of people didn't watch it. But culturally, it is more of a phenomenon than almost anything else I can remember as far as British television is concerned.
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama.
Actors are people who are doing a job they want to do, which isn't the case for many of the people who watch what we do.
Organised religion, organised anything, requires commitment and requires an engagement with something. A lot of the time, we don't want to commit.
There was very little drama and performance at my school, so I've never forgotten the people who did encourage me and I've thought whether it would be a good idea to even get in touch with them and just say thanks, because they really opened a door for me mentally and emotionally - that's really important.
All my life, I've felt people are looking at me. So, when I became known, it was like, 'I'm not imagining this any more. People genuinely are staring at me. Oh, Christ, now they're coming over!'
I am a fan of the Coen brothers. I'm not a fanatic. I'm a big admirer. They create unique worlds, and there is a real atmosphere to their films. Not everyone can get that. That's a massive part of their appeal: you can recognise them. Like all the great directors or artists, you know it when you see it.
Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'
Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German.
I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.
The design of 'Love Actually,' the typeface, the basic line of that poster and that DVD cover has been ripped off so many times.
'The Hobbit' would have been very difficult to pass on, do you know what I mean? It's not the kind of ship that comes into dock very often.
I'm not particularly affable in real life, I have to tell you. I've got that side to me, of course, but that's not all I am.
With superheroes and comics and fantasy and sci-fi being absolutely the popular currency in cinema, it's like people have said in endless magazines, it's the revenge of the geeks and all that. There's some truth in that.
I'm quite a disciplinarian: I can be a shouter. But I can be a very demonstrative kisser and hugger.
There are lots of things that keep me awake at night, but work isn't one of them. I mean, no-one's going to die if someone doesn't like what I do. So I don't feel a great pressure.
'Sherlock' is beautifully done, if I may say so myself. Even if I wasn't in it, I would like the show.
It's hard talking about acting, in a way, because it's like explaining a joke: I do think it loses something in the telling.