The Bit I Love Is

Every Villain Is A Hero In His Own Mind.

I've Done My Share Of Period Stuff. I'm Not Sure Why, But People Say I Have A Period Face. The Bread And Butter Of British Tv Is Jane Austen Adaptations And Bridges And Bonnets And Boats And Horses.

Tony Stark In 'iron Man' Helped Wider Audiences Finally Embrace The Enormous Talent Of Robert Downey Jr.

I Always Found The Extraordinary Loss Of Life In The First World War Very Moving. I Remember Learning About It As A Very Young Child, As An Eight- Or Nine-year-old, Asking My Teachers What Poppies Were For. Every Year The Teachers Would Suddenly Wear These Red Paper Flowers In Their Lapels, And I Would Say 'what Does That Mean?'

I Always Wanted To See What America Was Like. I Had That Curiosity In My 20s When I Was Working In The Theatre Here [ In London]... There Was The Mystery Of La And I Wondered What Happened Over There. I Wanted To Go And Check It Out And I'm Pleased That I Have.