I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

On film you put all your energies into a single glance.

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.

From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from New York, and while I was there, I saw Daniel singing and dancing (brilliantly) on Broadway. A lifetime seems to have passed in minutes.

I knew with Snape I was working as a double agent, as it turns out, and a very good one at that.

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.