I'm never going to be in something as commercially successful as 'Harry Potter' ever again. It's impossible. So that gives me incredible freedom to go off and make the slightly off-the-wall films that I want to make.
I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.
I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.
The American version of 'The Office' is fantastic.
I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.
Some actresses are just insane. I've never worked with a nasty actress - they're all absolutely delightful. But completely barking.
I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.
I know it wouldn't seem like I've had a lot of failure in my career, but there are things that I regard as failures, when I look at certain performances and go, 'That's not good enough.'
I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I've got energy to play football even though they'll be better than me by the time they're four.
When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage.
My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.
I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.
I love Steve Carell and Will Ferrell - they're my heroes.
I'm thrilled of the acceptance I get abroad. The people are so hearty, warm and grateful and I feel privileged having seen so many countries and some of the greatest monuments.
A hero is also someone who, in their day to day interactions with the world, despite all the pain, uncertainty and doubt that can plague us, is resiliently and unashamedly themselves. If you can wake up every day and be emotionally open and honest regardless of what you get back from the world then you can be the hero of your own story. Each and every person who can say that despite life’s various buffetings that they are proud to be the person they are is a hero.
As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions.
Franchises aren't to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.
I was very much a product of the public-school system. There was only one other kid in my class who had parents not involved in the stock market or law.
A friend often says I'm an old man in a young man's husk. I like that. I am old-fashioned in some ways.
I think, as an actor, and particularly if you are playing the lead in something, you have to view yourself as the head of department for the cast. All of the other departments are accountable and have somebody at the helm who is leading them all the time, and I don't think that the actors should be any different.
I played bass for a year, but I wasn't getting better at it, so I decided to stop so I could see my friends.
Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself.
I suppose whenever you go through periods of transition, or in a way, it's a very definite closing of a certain chapter of your life. I suppose those times are always going to be both very upsetting and also very exciting by the very nature because things are changing and you don't know what's going to happen.
I always feel that if you put me in a room with a director and a writer and let me talk about the script, I can give a good account of myself.
Dane DeHaan, certainly, is kind of the best friend I've made through acting, in terms of another actor. He's fantastic.
