48 Quotes by Jim Dale

Whether I want to or not, I think I will be remembered for 'Harry Potter,' but why not? How lovely to be remembered as the voice of Harry Potter.

I was the first person in America to have the script and I think only the third person to know what the story was,

But it was a fascinating journey, because there I was creating voices and speaking words and I didn't know where the story was going.

My wife knew, but don't mention that because they'll probably put a spell on me and I'll disappear in a cloud of smoke. But you can't keep it from her -- I'm at home yelling out these voices. My wife must be an idiot if she didn't recognize this is book four. But she didn't read it.

I was the only one in America with the book (in manuscript form). Released into the wrong hands, it could have ended up on the Internet and losing a lot of people a lot of money.

You know the only way a show can get around before people have seen it is when the cast starts talking to each other in Joe Allen's. 'How's it going? Oh not too good.' 'Oh how's it going? Fantastic.' So that's how rumors start.

What we are saying and implying here is that the education you get here is effective. It's not simply for its own sake.

And to be perfectly honest, when you listen to the tapes, when you get to Harry, it's just a younger-sounding voice that you're hearing. I haven't tried to make him different from the voice I have. So it's nice to think my younger voice of myself is the voice that kids are hearing as Harry Potter.

Every actor who comes along must be made to feel he can contribute something different, otherwise no-one would accept any historical role.