From my experience, I think that every actor has to make sure that they're in charge of their own career somehow or other.

Older people say, 'Oh I loved you in 'Sense and Sensibility,'' and that's the only film they want to talk about. Equally, there are people who only want to talk about 'Galaxy Quest.' And there's a whole bunch of teenagers who only want to talk about 'Dogma.'

I never talk about 'Harry Potter' because I think that would rob children of something that's private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about 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.

You can lull the paying customers as long as they get slapped.

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.