We tell the stories that we want to tell.

In some ways, many of the skills you have as a producer on independent films also apply to making big tentpole films: You surround yourself with a brilliant director, great script and talented people in every department who are smarter than you.

A lot of things change and a lot of things stay the same, they mostly stay the same.

I look forward to having the time and the opportunity to take on new challenges, but I'm also aware that I've loved every minute of the 'Potter 'experience: to make films for an enthusiastic audience and work with great material.

I think it's great to see how they've grown up, not just as actors but as people. They're still very much the same kids that I met many years ago. They've grown up and they are funny and wicked and naughty and bright, and I think as actors their work is just getting better and better. They've blossomed.

I love books. I read voraciously, and I happened to have been fortunate to have been in the right place at the right time.

Making the films is never easy, but actually that aspect of trying to make a better film or to keep the standard high is something that comes organically.