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.

I don't play villains, I play very interesting people

Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

I'm a quite serious actor who doesn't mind being ridiculously comic.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.