Acting is about giving something away, handing yourself over to whatever role you are asked to play. I'm not hiding or escaping or seeking anonymity. I reserve the right not to have a rubber stamp on my forehead saying this is who I am. Because who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

I'm a lot less serious than people think.

I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks.

Mellow doesn't describe me. I'm hungry every day.

You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'

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

I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.