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.

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

I am hellbent on defying your expectations, at every turn, and even if you don't like what's being done, I dare you to find it uninteresting.

I have this feeling that if I could sort out what's on my dining room table, everything would fall into place.

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

Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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