I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

It's a nightmare to sit and watch a film that I'm in. There's a horrible inescapability to it.

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.

My definition of palatable might be slightly different from yours.

I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time.

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.