91 Quotes by Mark Strong

The Secret Service I’m really excited about because Matthew Vaughn directed it. I’ve done a couple of movies with him – Stardust, which is one of my favorite films, and Kick-Ass, which is just a crazy, wonderful movie.

Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer’s mind and the same applies to his directing.

All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they’d have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you’re unsure of me because you’ve only ever really seen me play villains.

Part of me was fascinated by the idea that I would only get next week’s episode a week in advance and wouldn’t actually know where I was going with it, until the script landed on my mat. But, part of me wanted to know what was going to happen.

There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a really tight action thriller, but when it opened in the U.S. it was number two to 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua.'

Funnily enough, I had a real giggle with Gary Oldman when we were doing an interview together for 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.' Because I joked I was probably the only British actor who wasn't in the 'Harry Potter' franchise. The same is true of 'Game of Thrones.' Also 'Star Wars.'

As an only child, particularly if you're a boy without a father, you have to work out for yourself who you're going to be. And I do think, over the years, I've developed a need for control.

I've always thought that speaking a foreign language from a young age makes you a little bolder when it comes to speaking and doing accents and things like that.