When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be….

It's like going back to school. You know, autumn! Time for 'Harry Potter'..

The interesting thing about Hain is that he's not a very interesting character. He's not fabulously clever. He's not a great policeman. He's not huge….

I think the shocking thing to discover is the owls are not stupid and very feral, very hard to train..

The backgrounds in Lord of the Rings are all explained..

Crows are incredibly smart. They can be taught five things on the drop..

Is it just me, or is the world full of beautiful women?.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than B….

See, what you're meant to do when you have a mid-life crisis is buy a fast car, aren't you? Well, I've always had fast cars. It's not that. It's the ….

That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a ….

If you've got a huge Hollywood star in your film, they're getting $32 million, and everyone else gets their bus fare..

My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a….

My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents ….

Well, I quite like animals, but theyre unpredictable. I mean, look at old whats-his-name in Vegas. Tiger dragged him off the stage, you know? The guy….

I went to Glenalmond and got the piss taken out of me for my Glasgow accent. Then I spent five years at this very posh school, came out sounding like….

Nowadays the big Hollywood studios only make about three movies a year, and they cost about $200 million each. There's no room for error in that, and….

Ninety percent of people's nightmares is standing in front of 1,000 people. Did you know that? And having to speak. You would have thought it would h….

I've driven all through America and I know there are a lot of clever people between the coasts. But they have a slightly old-fashioned view of the wo….

Usually for a movie, if you want a 13-year-old, you get a 16-year-old who looks 13, because 13-year-olds dont have that level of self-awareness..

My sons the same, hes terribly funny. Its a wonderful power to have. Its also fantastically disarming. Women find it unbelievably disarming. You can ….

I mean, I'm obviously not one of those people who's so beautiful women take their clothes off when I walk into the room. I didn't become a star overn….