People who put themselves on the line and sacrifice their own safety for the greater good and for others, and anyone in any profession whose concern is the welfare for other people instead of the individual, are inspiring and important.
You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do
Not often do you approach a character where people know more about him than you do
For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in.
I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.
I love that Viking era, but also they're a fatalistic people and that dictated their fearlessness in battle and approach to life.
I'm busier than I've ever been, but you can go through the lists of people who are bang up there one minute, and then just disappear.
I never felt big enough playing Thor. And then people talk about you like you're 9-foot tall and 800 pounds. I'm well aware of the illusion. There's not a second where I go: Yeah, I'm a god.
I think it's important to be aware of different people's styles and how you adapt or change or steal their ideas.
The opportunity to work with women who are at the top of my list of people I'd want to work with and who are my favorite women to watch on screen, was fantastic.