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

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" The theatre starts every night at half past seven, and I like the rhythm of going to the theatre, parking the car, going to the stage door; I've grown up with all of that. I'd love to do more theatre - I mean, I shouldn't be telling the world that I can't remember lines any more, but I find it more and more difficult, so I don't know. "

" My only memories of school are of being beaten, of being hit in the playground, of masters poking their fingers in my chest all day. "

" I find it difficult to remember lines. When I'm doing a long speech for television, I sometimes have an earpiece with someone feeding me the text. But I can get by in the theatre if I study hard for a couple of months. "

" I have been in five Harry Potter films and never read a 'Harry Potter' book. If you are an actor, all you have is the script you are given. If you read the book, you might get disappointed about what's been left out. "

" Yeah, I like causing trouble. It's the teddy boy in me. I used to be a teddy boy. Feeling slightly inferior and wanting to cause a bit of bother and get some action going on in the room rather than get bored stiff. "

" There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth. "

" Television has dried up for my generation, so it's plays and films. "

" There's no subtext in 'Harry Potter,' really; it's all magic - anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite nice in a way. There is a real freedom to it. Doesn't say much for acting, does it? "

" I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me. "

" I don't play classical guitar. But I do in my mind. I've got it on a stand. "

" I've played quite a lot of crooks and killers, and that's quite interesting. Then Dumbledore is the complete opposite, isn't he? He's a nice old man. "

" I'm very flower-like. I love classical music. I go to ballet and I cry. There's nothing so beautiful. "

" I sometimes think the theatre is more demanding because it requires things you don't have in films, like it requires you to make the people in the front row believe you and not look an idiot to them while the people right at the back can hear you. "

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

" Oh yeah, I'd love to be a comedian. I've done a lot, but always in the confines of plays. "

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" Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity. "

" I promise myself that I would go and do a play every year. "

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" I see film roles as lovely presents that come along now and again. I feel really lucky and say thank you very much. And if they fly me to L.A., I think, 'God, I must really be doing well.' I've worked with De Niro and Brando and Pacino, and that's made me feel very lucky. But the films have never meant a lot to me. "

" You get used to being lazy doing films, but classical theatre's going to finish me off. "

" I just hate the idea of being well known. I know that is almost impossible if you're an actor who has done okay, but I've always fought against it. "

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" I've had a private pilot's license for years and flown all round the U.K. and over to France. "