You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.
Mass appreciation doesnt always equate to something good.
I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.
I'm not afraid to play the role of Christian Grey. Because I'm not like him. But I perfectly understand him. I never thought that he was a monster. He is simply woven from desires. As every one of us.
I'm a feminist at heart, and I'm totally aware of why people have an issue with this show.
It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'
I dont like myself without a beard.
I don't have specific people. There are so many people that I admire and there's directors that I'm desperate to work with that haven't even made a movie yet, probably.
I think you only watch stuff you've done once because I don't think it's that beneficial to you. I think it's important to sometimes be like, 'What's that thing I'm doing with my face? I didn't think I was doing that.'
I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.
I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.
Everyone likes a bit of competition.
You're in a very nice position as an actor when you're portraying a piece of history that actually happened and portraying characters that actually existed. There's so much more to draw on and your research as an actor becomes much easier than if it's some fiction that you're trying to create a world around and background and history.
It's a tiny industry. Actors all know each other to a point where you always know someone who knows the other person who worked with them.
Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.
I was and still am a massive fan of [Murphy] Cillian's work - always have been. Obviously he's a great deal older than me, so I've sort of grew up watching Cillian's work. But I'm very much a fan.
I’d like to do a job where I don’t have to tie women to beds.
I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.
I think you've really got to cling to what makes sense to you. Obviously, I'm not a serial murderer in my real life, so that's where you have to delve into and do all the research. But, you have to find something likable in the character.
I’m not saying we had a playroom, but I’m not shocked by the sex in the book. It’s essential to tell the story. I can’t believe films that don’t invoke a sexual side of it. So it works for me.
I am never going to please all 100 million people who read the book. I'll be lucky if half that number are happy with me playing Christian Grey. I know there are campaigns of hate against me already.
I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.
I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.
I got to watch Anthropoid with this Czech audience and the story means so much to the Czech people so watching it with that audience was kind of terrifying but they responded very well.
It's funny when you know you're playing two characters and you're aware of how you have to play each one into your performance of the other. You're constantly at the back of your mind thinking and it all gets a bit confusing.
