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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.

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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.

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Every Day The Daniels [kwan And Scheinert] Would Come Up With Some Amazing Solution And [make It Easy] To Put Yourself In Their Hands. There's Something Really Lovely About Knowing You're Working With Directors Who Know Exactly What They Want And Exactly What They're Looking For, And They're Not Going To Move On Until They Have It. That, As An Actor, Frees You Up A Lot Because You Can [try Different Approaches] And They'll Only Use What's Appropriate.

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If I Can Make A Career For Myself After Harry Potter, And It Goes Well, And Is Varied And With Longevity, Then That Puts To Bed The 'child Actors Argument'.

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If I Die On A Film Set When I'm 80, I'll Be Happy With That.

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Franchises Aren't To Be Avoided. They Can Be Exciting, And They Give You Opportunities To Do Other Films.

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When Actors Aren't Filming They Just Go To Their Dressing Rooms And Relax.

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It's Interesting Because People Assume That Because I'm Famous I Know All Famous People.

This Is Only Going To Add Fuel To The Fire That I'm Gay. I Don't Really Care. I'm So Past The Point Of Caring. I Really Don't. But I Looked Fantastic In Fleur's Outfit!

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In Terms Of Drama School, What That Will Give You That You Won't Necessarily Learn On A Film Set Is The Technical Ability - Ie, Projecting Your Voice And Stage Craft.

I Don't Want To Say I'll Never Play Someone With A Cockney Accent, But I Think I Would Be Irritated By Me Doing It.

I'm Not Clumsy; Just Accident Prone.

And Well Historically It's Never Been A Good Thing To Compare Yourself To Biblical Characters.

Everyone On The Set Has A Mobile Phone, And I Found By Pushing A Few Buttons, They Could Be Programmed Into Different Languages. I Fixed Robbie's Coltrane To Speak In Turkish.

I'm Very Interested In Religion As Something To Study, But I'm Not A Religious Person In The Slightest.

For Me, You Go To University To Meet Lots Of Different People From Different Backgrounds. I Think That's One Of The Most Important Things You Get There. And You Also Get Some Sense Of Direction Regarding What You Want To Do When You Leave. I Sort Of Know What I Want To Do In My Life - I Want To Act And Ultimately I'd Like To Write. And In Terms Of Meeting People From Different Backgrounds, That's What You Get On A Film Set. So The Two Most Valuable Things That University Would Have Given Me I've Sort Of Achieved By Being On A Film Set.

As An Actor, I Think Sort Of Relish The Chance To Take A Leap And Sort Of Put Yourself Out There. You Know, It's, Like On Any Film, You Just Have To Be Willing To Embarrass Yourself, Because Otherwise You Are Not Going To Really Reveal Anything That You Have. So I Think It's Exciting.

I'll Miss Some Of The Opportunities That Playing Harry [potter] Brought Me.

I See Myself Doing Harry Potter Films As Long As I'm Enjoying It And As Long As They Are Going To Challenge Me As An Actor. I Want To Be An Actor - It's My Aspiration - So I Want To Do Other Films. I Want To Write Something And I Want To Direct Something!

I Basically Have The Diet Of A 19th-century Irish Navy, Apart From The Litre Of Stout A Day. It's Meat And Potatoes And Bread And Cheese: Those Are My Four Food Groups.

I Don't Really Care About How I Look.

I've Done Seven Movies In Eight Years, And With Each Movie I Feel Like I'm Learning A Lot. I'm Still Young-ish, So I Still Feel Like I'm In The Zone Of Learning And Creating. Those Are The Perfect Places To Do That. And In A Weird Way, You Have A Lot Of Freedom.

People Do Incredible Things For Love, Particularly For Unrequited Love.

Unrequited Love

I Think It Speaks To The Fact That Other People Are As Excited About Originality As We Are. I Think The Thing That Has Been Wonderfully Communicated In The Trailers And All The Promotion For The Movie [swiss Army Man] Is That It Isn't Like Anything Else You've Ever Seen, And We're Not Just Saying That. I Think That Excites People.

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.'

Not Good Enough

I Think Being On A Film Set For Such A Long Time Made Me A Technical Actor Without Realizing It.

I Certainly Want To Establish Myself As An Actor In My Own Right, Rather Than Being Just The Actor Who Plays Harry Potter.

There's A Lot Of Work That Needs To Be Done, And There's A Difference Between Talking The Talk And Walking The Walk.

If You Like The Book, You'll Hate The Movie.

And I'm Slightly In Love With Scarlett Johansson: She's Just Stunning. And She's Bright, Which Is Incredibly Sexy.

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Keeping Secrets

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My Parents Were What I Like To Call Proper Musical Fans. Lots Of Sondheim Was Played In The Car.

I Could Never Do Stand-up Because It's That Thing Of Having To Get Up On Stage. And Out Of Every 10 Jokes You Tell, Nine Of Them Have To Get A Really Good Response.

I Think Of Myself As Being Jewish And Irish, Despite The Fact That I'm English.

Directing Is More What I Would Like To Get Into Eventually. Frankly, I Feel Like It Would Be A Waste If I Didn't Because I've Spent So Much Time On Film Sets, And I Know How They Work, And I Love Them, And I Love Leading Them. I Would Like To Do That As A Director Definitely.

It's Really Good To Talk About It [ Hydraulic Penises And Prosthetic Butts], And It's Very Gratifying When People Ask Us About The Other Aspects Of The Film [swiss Army Man], But [those Things] Are Part Of The Movie And They're Important And Hilarious, A Very Fun Part Of The Movie, So There's No Sense From Us Of Not Wanting To Talk About That. I Think It's Exciting That Those Things Exist In A Film That Is Also Very Heartfelt And Emotional And Profound.

With Any Kind Of Artistic Thing, It's A Muscle, Like Any Athlete, And The Moment You're Not Doing It, You Lose All Confidence. That's Why I'm Terrible With Down Time.

Sometimes You Can't Help But Pay Attention To What Is Written About You. You Are Trying Not To Because It's Generally Not Constructive, It Can Be Very Funny, In Which Case It's Fine To Pay Attention To It If You're Going To Laugh About It. But If It's Going To Get You Angry Then It's A Pretty Pointless Waste Of Energy, So I Try And Be Selective About What I Take An Interest In About Myself.

My Dad Grew Up In Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Desperate To Get To London. I Grew Up In London, So I Don't Know What It's Like To Yearn For The Big City From A Small Town.

Poetry Is Something I Love To Do. Good Poetry Has An Amazing Ability To Be Communicative Before It's Even Understood. I Get Emotional Just From The Beauty Of Words.

There's No Shame In Enjoying A Quiet Life. And That's Been The Realization Of The Past Few Years For Me.

My Parents Are Left-wing, And I Would Describe Myself As That. But Also, You Know What? I Wouldn't Describe Myself As That. Because I Don't Have To. Because I'm Not A Political Party. Most People Are A Little Bit Of Each, And We Change Our Mind On Various Issues.

I Don't Know What To Do With It. I'm Very Fortunate To Have It, And It Gives You Room To Maneuver. But The Main Thing About Having Money Is It Means You Don't Have To Worry About It. And That For Me Is A Lovely Thing. It's Not For Fast Cars And Hookers.

I Love Coming Home To Somebody, I Love Being In A Relationship.

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I Don't Think That You Necessarily Need A Certain Type Of Background To Take On Roles. You See Actors From Very, Very Privileged Backgrounds Playing Working Class Characters And Vice-versa. I Don't Think Your Background Limits You As To What You Can Do.

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.

You Pick Projects For The Part, The Director, And The Script. I Just Want To Do Different, Interesting Stuff.

I Think Honesty Is The Most Heroic Quality One Can Aspire To.

I Seem To Be A Long-term Relationship Kinda Guy.

I Would Say I Was Challenging The System Quite. But I Like To Think That If The Choices I Make Are Slightly Unexpected Or Challenging To People, Then That Is Good. We Are Definitely Three Fairly Like-minded People In Terms Of What We Value In Scripts And In Storytelling.

To Be Fair, It's Not Even The First Time I've Seen A Dead Version Of Myself. There Was One On Harry Potter, On The Last Movie, That They Actually Used To Bring To Set In A Body Bag.

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