I do take my work seriously and the way to do that is not to take yourself too seriously.
I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.
Parts win prizes, not actors.
Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.
I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.
My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.
I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.
I want to swim in both directions at once. Desire success, court failure.
One longs for a director with a sense of imagination.
Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.
I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.
Actors are actually very supportive of each other.
I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.
I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.
The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'
Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.
The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. Or, what's impossible? What's a fantasy?
You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.
Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.
I like it when stories are left open.
The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.
I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.