There's still nearly the same amount of slavery, if not more, in the world today, as there was at the height of the slave trade.

The world of 'Sherlock Holmes' and the world that we live in now is big enough to take more than one interpretation.

Mystique is rare now, isn't it? There aren't that many enigmas in this modern world.

I was brought up in a world of privilege.

[Sherlock Holmes] has to understand the world. That's very much John's [Watson] influence on him. But like a lot of the friendships and relationships in that world, it's born out of necessity. It makes him better. There's a pragmatism to it. It's not whimsical or sentimental. It's born out of necessity.

You come into this world as you leave it, on your own. It's made me want to live a life slightly less ordinary.