I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money..

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

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

For an actor to remain a child is rather important. It's a childlike, dreamy thing, acting, if you think about it. It's the sort of thing children fa….

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 w….

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

I'm an anorak. I've always been an obsessive collector of things. Richard Briers collects stamps. I collect cars and guns, which are much more expens….

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things..

I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's liv….

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

Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I….

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..

I never met my theater fans. I'm out the stage door five minutes after the curtain goes up. So that's it. I don't even know who comes, but thank God ….

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

I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them..

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

A child did approach me in a restaurant in Cornwall, but he thought I was Gandalf..

I used to be gay, but I was forced to give it up, because it made my eyes water..

There were no spells at my school, just a smack in the mouth..

There are some actors who are rehearsal actors, and some who are not. I am not. Having said that, I don't know what I am talking about..

Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films..