Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

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

I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

I am the character you are not supposed to like.

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

That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.