I did 'Deathly Hallows' so my kids could get on the 'Harry Potter' set. They met Daniel Radcliffe, who was a darling and couldn't have been nicer to them so I'm a hero right now.

The films that I really enjoy now are films that are made by, for wont of a better word, mavericks.

A lot of actors aren't particularly good directors. And they're not particularly good with other actors. That's kind of a fallacy.

Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every director will have a day, without exception, where they just can't do it anymore, they don't know what to say to their cameraman, their cast. It's the sign of real, physical exhaustion.

The fact in acting, you can tap into your darkest moments in life to your lightest moments. And people will watch it, and appreciate it, and even engage with you because of that. That's the greatest job one Earth.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

I know virtually no one of my age who can remember a hug, or a smile from their father, or a 'Let's go play football.'