I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’,...

And the people I’m best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.

The stories I’m interested in are challenging ones, and maybe that requires a little bit more of you. I love my job and I want to earn the right to do it every single day.

I’m a serial monogamist. I’m not one of those people that can date loads of people at the same time, it’s all too complicated.

This has given me a feeling of confidence, … which I might not have had otherwise.

There is something inherently valuable about being a misfit. It’s not to say that every person who has artistic talent was a social outcast, but there is definitely a value for identifying yourself differently and...

I’ve always had, like, from the age of about 11, I’ve had such an intolerance for bad behaviour of actors that I don’t think I was ever going to be that person.

I used to joke I was a point-and-click actor. My whole process has been about trusting your instincts and hitting your mark.

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.

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...

We don’t kill them off, though. That’s an important thing to realize.