I'm very proud of being Jewish. It means I have a good work ethic, and you get Jewish humour and you're allowed to tell Jewish jokes.

As an artist, you have a path that you're on that evolves with the kinds of stories you want to tell.

I'm not an easy person to love. There are lots of times when I'm a very good boyfriend, but there are times when I'm useless. I mean, I'm a mess around the house. I talk nonstop. I become obsessed with things.

In some ways, you get to find your voice better in [a sequel] because you have to define how you're doing it differently.

I'm certainly lucky to have got famous through something that was so well liked, generally speaking.

I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.

Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.