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I want authenticity. And rarely do actors - more specifically, black actors - get a chance to be authentic on film and television.

They were just kind of simultaneous - the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I saw the Great Hall become a big pile of burning rubble and getting scattered around. It's really quite shocking for the fans.

One in the third film, I'm looking forward to meeting one of the Dementors.

Well, before I knew there was going to be a film. I was the biggest Harry Potter fan. I read all the books.

The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.

For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in.

If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long.

I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?

If I make a film about now, the minute it was done, it wouldn't be about now; it'd be about then.

The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged.

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist.

I'm just working every day and keep watching film and keep building chemistry with my teammates.

I opened the door for one of the great stars of today, Mr. Ernie Hudson. I put him in 'Human Tornado.' It was the first film he ever made. I put him in the film and gave him a break.

I knew nothing about football, then someone showed me a film of Petit and I realised how interesting the game could be. He is divine. When I met him I could barely speak, he was so gorgeous. Women will love that show.

'The Dark Knight' does such a great job of delivering an intense, action-packed film that didn't pull any punches.

Hugh Grant is about the only actor I've met who has taken any proper interest in football, being a big Fulham supporter. But he'd be far too good-looking to play me in any film.

Whatever you are making, whether it's a song, an album, a painting, a film, you're connecting with a tradition, and I do feel connected to New York music.

I don't believe in expertise. I don't believe that a film critic feels a film more deeply than any person who walks into a theater. I don't believe that.

I would love to do anything involving a good strong character, whether it's in film, TV or theatre. My dream role's already been taken by Keira Knightley in 'Pride and Prejudice.' Growing up, I really wanted to be Lizzie Bennett.

I did film and television, not having worked in banking or consulting, a very different stream. So I said, 'I'll go to business school, and it will help me decide more on what I want to do.'

Having such high-profile parents could be intimidating, but really, they've let me do my own thing and evolve as a person. When I changed my major from economics to film, they were cool about it.