The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

Somebody with Debbie Reynolds' features doesn't get cast as the Wicked Witch.

Nothing gives me as much pleasure as travelling. I love getting on trains and boats and planes.

I always feel that when I come to Edinburgh, in many ways I am coming home.

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

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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.