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

Like a heartbeat. Something inside me. Some dream. I think it's being a dreamer as a child. Dreamy kids become actors, don't they?

I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them.

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth.

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

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.