Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the same applies to his directing.

I'm very organized and tidy in my home life and I generally do something myself rather than farm it out to somebody else. I don't have an assistant or anything because I think I can do it myself.

I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional. They're not black and white. That's the gig.

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.

I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play.

The Peugeot is a very unthreatening car.

The important bit for an actor is the actual shooting of it, because the minute the shoot ends, it's got nothing to do with you anymore.

When you're making a psychological thriller, what you need to do is have an audience on shifting sand so they're never quite sure where they are.

The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting.

In the past, if I didn't work, I didn't eat but now I feel I can not work and I won't starve.

Everybody has own gifts from God. You just need to seize the right time, right place and right person to be found.

Facts and Facts, very useful once out there and there!

Only true love can fuel the hard work that awaits you.

No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.

Nearly every major breakthrough innovation has been preceded by a string of failed or misguided executions.

This world is twisted beyond hope, when lowborn smugglers must vouch for the honor of kings.

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

What was after the universe? Nothing. But was there anything round the universe to show where it stopped before the nothing place began?

I don't think anyone enjoys raising money, but for some reason I seem to have a knack...

Don't get locked up into the ultimate goal. Just concentrate on the next step.