You can play older than yourself. You can play younger than yourself up to a point, and then that just becomes impossible because you carry a weight with you that you can't shift, unless you have very boyish looks.

I tend to read non-fiction.

By the way, the Harry Potter series is literature, in spite of what some people might say. The way J.K. Rowling worked that world out is quite something.

On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.

You choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color.

Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

I did have a knack for playing weirdos. There's still sort of this perception of me out there as being this crazy guy.