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I was 36 when I played Nicholas Nickleby.

I've always thought of myself as a character actor, even though I've played some leading-man roles.

It's always been a dream for me to play a comic book character.

I was playing pretty boys and these angelic roles like Nicholas Nickleby and all that stuff. And I was like, 'What am I doing? This isn't who I am, as a man or an artist.' I had to overcome people's belief that I was too pretty to be a badass.

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.

I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.

I was a stage actor for 20 years or so; I was leading men in classical things. 'Shakespeare,' you know. And now, I never play leading men. I'm that kamikaze comic that comes from the left, turns the table over, and leaves, or the hyper-intelligent yuppie scumbag if it's a drama.