I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.

I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful.

I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water.

I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I don't even know who comes, but thank God they do come. I can't tell. I keep my head down. I don't meet them. The fans from "Harry Potter" are kids who stop me in the street. I love that. That's terrific. I was amazed how many do.

Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me.

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf.

I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.