We’re in a horrible, repugnant place now where kids are told it’s their right and due to be hugely famous. Not good at their job, not good at anything, just hugely famous. This is not sane. Little girls think they’ll be famous if they have vast breast implants and might as well die if they don’t.

I always believed that I never wanted to be an actor. I only did it because I was allowed to do it and I had to do something.

I talk about this a lot when people ask me about my favorite films and things, and I try to be as honest as possible, but it is The Goonies. I did watch The Goonies a lot.

About filming Wanted
I got to satisfy the 16-year-old boy’s yearning to break things and jump up and down and beat people up. It was a very physical film, and I had to get fit and go to the gym, which I don’t really enjoy.

The thing that attracts me to all the jobs I’ve done over the last few years was the offer of employment. I’ve had to audition for every single job I’ve ever done, I think. So it’s not just a question of being attracted. Yes, I like the things I’ve done, and I’ve been very luck that the things I’ve done – I think – have a certain level of quality. But had I only got parts that were rubbish, I’d be doing them as well, because I’m an actor and I need the work. But I’m getting a little more choice. When I read The Last King of Scotland, I thought this is excellent, and I’d be very lucky to get this. That was my choice, but afterward I still had to convince somebody else to choose me.