The happiest I ever am is spending time with a group of really good friends. That's all I aspire to in life, really.

I think, as an actor, and particularly if you are playing the lead in something, you have to view yourself as the head of department for the cast. All of the other departments are accountable and have somebody at the helm who is leading them all the time, and I don't think that the actors should be any different.

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

Both of my parents have been actors; there were a lot of show tunes on in the car all of the time. I grew up with that.

And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.

If you're on a date and somebody comes up and says, "Oh, I loved you in Harry Potter," it's a bit weird, because you suddenly start thinking, "Oh, God. Is this weird for the other person I'm here with, or is this weird for my family?" But generally speaking, I don't really think because I was thrown into it so young and kind of always had that, it's just something you get used to. And most of the time... It was interesting.

My dad grew up in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, desperate to get to London. I grew up in London, so I don't know what it's like to yearn for the big city from a small town.