Even though Doctor Strange is an established character, when you're doing an origin story there's a lot of room for manoeuvre.

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.

Pull the hair on my head the wrong way, and I would be on my knees begging for mercy. I have very sensitive follicles.

I'm a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.

Looking for happiness is a sure way to sadness, I think. You have to take each moment as it comes.

Enjoy the journey of life and not just the endgame. I'm also a great believer in treating others as you would like to be treated.

Being a posh actor in England you cannot escape the class-typing from whatever side you look at it.

The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort zone is great fun.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.

I keep myself amused and others confused

If you have an over-preoccupation with perception and trying to please people's expectations, then you can go mad.

For others, in spite of myself, from myself.

We do not make beams from the hollow decaying trunk of the fallen oak. We use the upsoaring tree in the full vigor of its sap.

Like dogs who sniff each other when meeting, chess players have a ritual at first acquaintance: they sit down to play speed chess.

Medical men have searched the world for remedies, desiring an antidote. Chiropractors find the cause in the person ailing.

It's amazing how right you can be about a person you don't know; it's only the people you do know who confuse you.

Loneliness was tough, the toughest role you ever played. Hollywood created a superstar, and pain was the price you paid.

There wasn't enough gratitude in the world for a server who kept drinks coming at a time like this.

There is a great deal of trouble in this world which is not caused by people keeping their mouths shut.

I was a pretty dark person to begin with. I have always been more drawn to darkness

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.