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" You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant. "

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" I've never been that bothered about doing stage or television. I just love doing films. With theatre, it goes on night after night. "

" I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver. "

" And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed. "

" I paint a bit myself. My house in Clerkenwell has a room that is done up like a big installation. "

" I don't think they should trust anything that happens in 'Fargo' at all, and I'm sure 'Fargo' fans know not to make the mistake of trusting too much. "

" I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the set, and sometimes you haven't even met the other actor, or the woman who's playing your wife, and you're suddenly in bed with them.' "

" Yeah, well that's the best thing about it, I think, is knowing kids and kids getting mental when they know you're in it. Any kid you meet and anyone I know tells the kid you're in it and they get short of breath. "

" I wanted to do 'Fargo' rather than do a TV production. I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family. "

" 'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and I've enjoyed the travel that goes along with that. "

" I got hooked to American news like a great TV season. It plays like fiction. I would come home from work, and I would put it on, and I would stay up until 2 in the morning watching it and get up in the morning and watch it. "

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

" I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy. "

" Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great. "

" When I'm sat in the pub with my mates, they've got their stories: Richard and Tracy have split up, they went to Arsenal and this fight broke out... My anecdotes are like, 'I was in this bar, and Michelle Pfeiffer rang, and I had wax in my ear, so I couldn't hear what she was saying...' "

" 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. "

" The world is enormously dangerous and scary. I worry very much for my daughter. I'm not sure we're in control any more, and I think the Internet is partly responsible for that. "

" The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it. "

" I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?' "

" I love being a dad. "

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" People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along. "

" I usually do watch what I've done because I think it's important. I think you can learn from it and see what you thought you were doing and what ends up on the screen. "

" Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience. "

" Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for. "

" No matter what one looks at and finds temporarily pleasing, it can never be as beautiful as just a tree, really. "

" You can't actually be just a movie actor in Britain, because we don't make that many movies. "

" I often draw from people in my own experience to base a character on, going back to my days with Mike Leigh. "

" I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course. "

" I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time. "