I've never been able to plan my life. I just lurch from indecision to indecision.

I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

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

I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?