122 Quotes by David Thewlis

I don’t think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was.

Everybody knows someone like that: wonderful, attractive people full of passion and ideals. You envy them, but you know there's a dark side, which is brutal and cruel and violent. That dark side informs what's wonderful about them, and the passion and rage inform the darkness; they're inseparable.

It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?

Most parts I've played since 'Naked,' I can barely remember who they were, let alone repeat any lines.

I think the most beautiful sound is a child laughing.

I like tourists. I think it's nice to live in a town that people come from all over to visit.

For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys.

The thing about 'Harry Potter' is it's great fun because of the people - I was usually with Julie Walters and Mark Williams, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, and the kids. Wonderful, funny, amazing people. If you're going to hang around on a set bored, you might as well do it with Julie Walters.

In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.'