Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England!

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you’re part of the life of the city.

Those of you who are not aware of my brilliant career as a stand up comic, I’m not aware of it either so we might well wonder what we’re doing here.

A lot of the time I hate the theater. You think, ‘I have to climb Mount Everest, again, tonight.’ Oh, the theater is a scary place to be.

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There’s a great deal of wonderful energy there.

I never talk about ‘Harry Potter’ because I think that would rob children of something that’s private to them. I think too many things get explained, so I hate talking about it.

Each character I play has different dimensions. I’m not interested in words that pull them together.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they’ve got the guts to say, ‘I don’t know.’

If you spend any time in Los Angeles, there’s only one topic of conversation.

I’ve learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they’re not – unlike in the theatre!