Big Things Have Small Beginnings.

If You're Dealing With A Character That Actually Exists, There's An Awful Lot Of Information There. So, You Can Put Together, From The Information, Motivations, Insecurities, Reactions. Where Does That Seed Get Born, If You Like?... What I Do Is Put That Together.

At One Point You Think, Well, It's Funny, I Could Just Be A Starving Actor... So If Somebody Were To Pull The Plug Right Now, There'd Be No Room For Complaint.

Why Does A Three-year-old, And It's Usually Boys, Want To Drive The Tractor Or Have Machinery And Be In Control Of It? I Don't Know. Why Wouldn't You Ask To Boil A Kettle Or Something? Maybe You Would, I Dunno.

Some Actors Might Just Do One Thing, And Another Actor Does Another Thing. I Do An Awful Lot Of Preparation With The Script, Really. What I Do Is Repeat The Script, Over And Over And Over Again. Through That, It's Almost Like It Seeps Into My Enamel. I'm Reading All The Characters, As Well As My Own. That Is Where The Bulk Of My Preparation Goes Into.

"x-men" Is Not Really About Mutants; It's About Humanity. I Think It's About The Human Race. We're An Absolutely Destructive Race. It Seems That We Can't Seem To Get Beyond This Level Of Tribalism That Has Been Around For Thousands Of Years. Anything We Fear We Tend To Destroy.