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There Were Some Parts Of The Film [swiss Army Man] That The Daniels [kwan And Scheinert] Really Wanted To Look As Elegant As A Piece Of Ballet. As Hank And Manny Go On In The Story, They Get Better And Better At Being With Each Other And More And More Adept - Hank Knows More And More What Manny's Going To Need At Any Given Point, And Having That Choreography Helps A Bit.

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There Were Some Parts Of The Film [swiss Army Man] That The Daniels [kwan And Scheinert] Really Wanted To Look As Elegant As A Piece Of Ballet. As Hank And Manny Go On In The Story, They Get Better And Better At Being With Each Other And More And More Adept - Hank Knows More And More What Manny's Going To Need At Any Given Point, And Having That Choreography Helps A Bit.

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

I've Always Had Philosophy, Which Has Been Really Helpful For Me, Getting Into The Business. I Didn't Have Any Connections. I Didn't Know Anyone. It Was Just About My Work.

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.

I Think Pressure Is A Good Thing And It's Good To Be Able To Feel It And Use It And Experience The Feeling Of It And Especially If You Can Get Past It.

I Think It's Kind Of Great, To Be Honest. I'll Never Do Another Film [like Swiss Army Man] Where I Get To Talk About Those Things, So I Might As Well Enjoy It While I Can.

Richard [griffiths] Was By My Side During Two Of The Most Important Moments Of My Career. In August 2000, Before Official Production Had Even Begun On Potter, We Filmed A Shot Outside The Dursleys', Which Was My First Ever Shot As Harry. I Was Nervous And He Made Me Feel At Ease. Seven Years Later, We Embarked On 'equus' Together. It Was My First Time Doing A Play But, Terrified As I Was, His Encouragement, Tutelage And Humor Made It A Joy. In Fact, Any Room He Walked Into Was Made Twice As Funny And Twice As Clever Just By His Presence.

Just Keep Acting Is My Plan, I Just Want To Keep Going For As Long As I Can. I've Had A Fantastic Time On Potter, I Will Be Very Sad To Leave It Because Every Time I Look Back On One Of These Films, Every Scene I Watch Will Be Forever Linked To A Memory Of What Happened That Day Or Something That Was Happening Around That Time In My Life.

When I Get Into Trouble At School I'd Like To Take An Invisibility Cloak, Drape It Over Me And Sneak Out The Door. Or I'd Like To Have A 3 Headed-dog Because Then No One Would Argue With Me.

Invisibility Cloak

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 Believes In God, I Think. I'm Not Sure If My Mom Does. I Don't.

My Mom And Dad Were Actors When They Were Younger And Had A Horrible Experience Of It. My Dad Became A Literary Agent And My Mom A Casting Director.

I Definitely Think The Idea Of Friend Zone Is Just Men Going, 'this Woman Won't Have Sex With Me.'

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

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 Think I Tried To Steal A Mars Bar Once From A Shop But Then I Went And Put It Back.

I'd Love To Play Puck In 'a Midsummer Night's Dream.'

I Like The Idea Of Not Having To Do Stuff For The Money, And If I Want To, I Can Pick Indie Projects For The Rest Of My Life And Be Quite Happy Doing That.

To Be Honest, I Would Like To Have Worked With Peter Sellers, Because When People Talk About Classic British Actors, You Talk About Lawrence Olivier, And Peter Sellers Was Just In The Most Amazing Films.

I Don't Know Where My Romanticism Comes From. My Mom And Dad Would Read To Me A Lot. 'treasure Island,' 'robinson Crusoe,' Tales Of Chivalry And Knights, Things Like That. Those Are The Stories I Loved Growing Up.

I Used To Be Self Conscious About My Height, But Then I Thought, F*** That, I'm Harry Potter.

People Who Have Car Collections - I Never Understood That. I Always Thought That Was Unnecessary. It's Not Beautiful, It's Not Creative. It's Just Showing How Much Money You've Got.

I Think Harry Potter's Very Important. Every Opportunity I Will Get For The Rest Of My Life, I Would Not Have Got If It Wasn't For Harry Potter. And It Would Be Height Of Ingratitude If I Was Ever Anything But Proud To Be Associated With These Films.

I Love Steve Carell And Will Ferrell - They're My Heroes.

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

I Have A Very Busy Personality.

My Taste In The Films I've Taken As An Actor Is Similar To What I'd Do A Director Or Writer: All Quite Odd, Challenging Stuff, Slightly Off-the-wall.

I Just Have This Fear That I'll Get On Stage And There'll Be That Brief Moment Of Adrenalin And I'll Forget My Line.

I Absolutely Don't Relate To Being Beaten Down My Whole Life - I Had Amazing Opportunities At A Young Age - But There Is Still In Many, Many People's Minds The Notion That I'll Never Be Able To Escape Harry Potter.

Amazing Opportunities

Shyness Displays Itself Differently In Me. I Think It's More An Awkwardness.

I'm Sure When I Have A Nostalgic, Teary Moment In 10 Years Time, I'll Try To Put The Glasses When I Was 10 On And Cry To Myself In Front Of The Mirror

I Mean I've Seen 3d Films So Far And I Think It's A Long Way To Go Before They Replace Actors. It's A Funny Thing With 3d, I Haven't Quite Got It Yet. Yet.

I'm Not Too Worried About Humanity In The Future. I Think We've Got An Innate Ability As A Species To Self-correct.

What First Attracted Me To Doing Swiss Army Man Was Just How Mental It Was - How Insane And Wonderful And Original The Script Was.

If You Spent A Proper Amount Of Time With Me, You Would Probably Wonder If I Was On Drugs - I'm Not. I'm Just Incredibly Hyperactive And Manic. I Can Be Quiet And Serious At The Same Time.

For Ages, In My Lunch Hours, I Would Just Go Round And Choreograph Fight Scenes. For Fun. So Now I'm Very Good At Being Thrown Around. I Bounce, In The Words Of My Friends.

I'm Not Clean Or Even Vaguely Pleasant To Be Around In A Domestic Situation.

Fans Are Really Important For Me. And If They Take Pains To Write Me, It's The Minimum That I Answer Myself.

I'll Say American For Now. I Really Have No Preference, Though. Nationality Is Nothing. It's All About The Girl - But She Has To Be Curvy!

I'm Into Weird Kind Of, Anything That Resembles Magical Realism.

Magical Realism

The Nerds Are The Ones That Make The Films And Do Loads Of Other Really Cool Stuff In Their Life.

I Don't Want Anyone To Ever Say That I Don't Belong Where I Am.

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.

I Enjoy Any Type Of Physical Transformation. I Enjoy Working With The Hair And Makeup Department And I Enjoy Watching People Be Very Good At Their Jobs.

Realizing That Other People Have A Problem With [homosexuality] Was The Weirdest Thing For Me. As A Kid It Wasn't Even Something That Was Mentioned. It Was Never Something That Was Even Explained To Me. It Was Just, "that's Mark And He's Gay." Mark Was Just Another Friend Of My Dad's Who Would Talk About His Boyfriend Instead Of His Girlfriend. I Was 5. I Didn't Care. It Seemed Perfectly Normal, And Still Does.

I'm Very Proud Of Being Jewish. It Means I Have A Good Work Ethic, And You Get Jewish Humour And You're Allowed To Tell Jewish Jokes.

I Am A Frighteningly Thorough Person.

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

In My Experience Of Doing Physical Scenes, Half Of Your Energy Is Spent On Trying To Get The Other Actor To Enter Into It Physically With You. Most Actors Don't Want To Hurt Each Other.

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

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 Being Proud That You Are Different.

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

The Idea The Actors Are The Most Important People On A Film Set I Think Is Very Stupid. Actors Are The Most Replaceable People There. There Are Literally Millions Of Us. There's Very Few People That Can Operate A Steady-cam. The Numbers Are A Lot, Lot Fewer For That, You Know?

I Think Any Actor Worth Their Salt Wants To Show As Much Versatility As They Possibly Can.

I Have Described Myself As Being 'gently Eccentric.'

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

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

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.

England Is My Home. London Is My Home. New York Feels Like, If I Have To Spend A Year Living In An Unfamiliar City, This Is A Pretty Lovely One To Spend A Year In, But I Will Be Going Home At The End Of It, Certainly.

I Would Consider Doing Any Part As Long As The Script Is Good And The Film Has An Interesting Director.

There Is Always This Thing Of Will You Get Too Old For Your Part? But People Are Playing A Lot Younger Than They Actually Are In Real Life. I Don't Think It's As Big An Issue As A Lot Of People Are Making It Out To Be.

I Just Got Asked By Another Journalist 'are You A Feminist?' And I Was Just Like... Is There A Strange Thing At The Moment Where You Have To Come Out As A Feminist? I've Been Asked If I'm A Feminist So Many Times Recently, And I'm Just Like 'yes, Yes, For God's Sake, Yes! Is There Something That I Give Off That Says I'm Not?'

There Were Some Parts Of The Film [swiss Army Man] That The Daniels [kwan And Scheinert] Really Wanted To Look As Elegant As A Piece Of Ballet. As Hank And Manny Go On In The Story, They Get Better And Better At Being With Each Other And More And More Adept - Hank Knows More And More What Manny's Going To Need At Any Given Point, And Having That Choreography Helps A Bit.

I've Worked Every Day Since I Was 10. I Don't Know How To Do Anything Else. There Is Nothing Else I'd Rather Be Doing.

I Get Constantly Mistaken For Elijah Wood. I Was In Japan And Someone Held Out A Photo Of Him For Me To Sign.

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'.

I'm Getting Better Now, But I Used To Be Incredibly Awkward With Girls. I Think Any Guy Who Says 'i've Never Had An Awkward Moment With A Girl' Is A Liar.

My Friends Have Always Called Me 'mr. Thorough,' In That When I Get Into Something, I Become Obsessed With It.

I Think That The Process Of Making A Film Is An Underrated Factor In How That Film Turns Out.

I'm Certainly Lucky To Have Got Famous Through Something That Was So Well Liked, Generally Speaking.

I'm A Huge Fan Of Brad Pitt. He Could Have Done Rom-coms His Entire Career, But He Took It In A Different Direction.

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.

The Only Thing I Can Think Of Is My Favorite Album At The Moment By This Guy Called Father John Misty, And The Album Is Called I Love You, Honeybear. It's Just Brilliant. It's The Album I'm Currently Obsessed With. It Is Original, And The Lyrics Are Fantastic And [it's] Brilliant. So That's Blowing Me Away.

When You're Seventeen To Early Twenties, That's The Time You're Trying To Work Out Who You Are. If You're Trying To Make Some Kind Of Artistic Or Creative Impact, That's The Age When You Start To Figure Out How To Do That.

The Master And Margarita Is My Favorite. To Me It’s The Greatest Exploration Of The Human Imagination.

My Idea Of Relaxation Is Not Lying Down By A Beach. I Have To Move Around, Do Stuff. Though I'm A Massive Quiz Show Person.

I've Learnt A Lot About Certain Things But You Also Learn Through Your Own Experience.

I Feel Very English In A Suit. There's Something About Being In A Suit Abroad, Particularly In America, That Feels Empowering.

I Think It's Useful, As A Famous Person, To Have As Little Separation Between The Perception Of You And How You Really Are - Because Otherwise I'd Be Sitting Here Thinking I'm Keeping Secrets, And Wondering When You're Going To Find Out.

Keeping Secrets

To The Children Who Loved Harry Potter, I Want To Say Your Enthusiasm Was The Real Magic. I So Enjoyed Being On The Journey With You. And To The Adults Who Bought The Harry Potter Books And Devoured Them, I Just Want To Say, Those Books Were For Children.

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

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.

We Would Choreograph [ With Paul Dano] Before Each Scene [in Swiss Army Man] And Very Quickly Got To A Place Where We Could Improvise Physically In Scene And Know That The Other Person Would Respond In Character Appropriately. So That [dynamic] Was A Lot Of Fun.

Every Job I Do, I Like To Think It Makes Me Better Or I Learn Things. It's All About How Much Something's Going To Stretch Me Or Test Me.

I Grew Up Listening To Show Tunes In The Back Of The Car.

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.

There's No Shame In Enjoying The Quiet Life.

Obviously, I've Been Very Lucky In General In My Career, But I Feel That I've Been Very Lucky In Terms Of Having Directors Come Along At The Right Times Who Have Taken Me To The Next Level Of Where I Needed To Be.

I Wasn't The Most Popular Kid In School.

As Far As I Can Tell, Most Actors' Main Motivation Is Self-doubt And Neuroses.

I Always Saw Michael Gambon Wearing Madly Psychedelic Socks, And I Always Thought That's It Is One Of The Few Areas Where Men Can Really Express Colour And Have A Bit Of A Dandyish Quality To Their Outfit.

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

Some People Think I Am Gay, Which I Think Is Awesome.

I Love Just Going Out And Sitting Down In The Park Along With The Thousands Of Other People Who Apparently Have No Work To Do During The Day. People Come Up To Me, But They Are Generally Really Nice. New York Makes It Easier, For Me At Least. People Manage To Be Enthusiastic And Sort Of Sane At The Same Time. And That’s Lovely.

I've Never Been One Of The Cool People At School, But Then Again, I Don't Get The People Who Are Cool. It's Not That I Don't Like Them, It's Just That They Don't Interest Me.

[i] Take Inspiration From Kids. ... They're Very Honest In How They Act And How They Are In The World.

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.

We Sing A Lot Of The Soundtrack In This Film [swiss Army Man] - Me And Paul Dano - And On The Last Day Of Filming We Had To Just Get Into The Back Of Our Sound Mixer's Van And Record A Really Crappy, Rough Version Of The Singing Then. For Some Reason That Was One Of The Most Fun Days.

The One Piece Of Advice I Would Give To Any Actor Is, If You Want To Go Out On The Street Without Being Recognised, Without Even Being Looked At, Go Out With A 6ft 8in Beautiful Transsexual. No One Gives You A Second Glance. Especially When You're 5ft 5in.

I'm Quite Confident, But I Don't Fancy Myself. I Don't Really Care About How I Look.

I'm Possibly A Very Morbid Person But I Think About Death A Lot. I Don't Know If It's Maybe From Being On Films That's Often Playing Harry [potter] Or I Just Think It's A Natural Thing That I Have. It's Something That I Think About Just Because It's Fascinating In A Very Alien Kind Of Way.

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.

'insane Farting Corpse' Is A Really Hard Movie To Do A Q&a For. The Audience Is Still Kind Of Reeling And Being Like, "i Don't Know What To Ask."

I Think I'm Always Very Naïve. With 'kill Your Darlings' And 'horns', I'm Like, "why Wouldn't Everybody Love This?" But I Guess It's Going To Divide People In Some Ways. But If You're Willing To Go With It And Suspend Your Disbelief, You're Going To Get Something Amazing And Something Unlike Anything Else.

I'm Not A Religious Person. My Mom Was Of Jewish Blood And My Dad Was Protestant.

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.

It's Very Rare That I Get Stopped Or Get Asked For An Autograph Or Anything - None Of Which I Mind - But People Don't Really Care That Much.

I Definitely Want To Go On Acting For As Long As I Can Find Employment. I'm Never Happier Than When I'm On A Film Set. I Just Want To Keep Working.

You Have To Find Out Who You Are Aside From What The Media Say You Are. If You've Become Reliant On Them For Kind Of A Sense Of Self, Then You're Really Screwed.

As An Artist, You Have A Path That You're On That Evolves With The Kinds Of Stories You Want To Tell.

I Like Science And I Love Gym. Oh, And I Like Art, But I'm Really Bad At It. I'm Just A Terrible Drawer. I Can't Draw A Circle. Even With A Ruler, I Can't Draw A Straight Line.

I Played Bass For A Year, But I Wasn't Getting Better At It, So I Decided To Stop So I Could See My Friends.

I've Been Working Since I Was 9, And I've Never Known A Life Without A Film Set.

I Think I Have Just Always Had An Awareness That When You Go To A Premiere And People Start Cheering And Shouting Your Name And Stuff, They Are Shouting At A Perception Of You That They Have.

Being In Harry Potter Is Like Being In The Mafia. Once You Are In, You Are Never Really Out.

The Most Wonderful Thing I Hear Is People Coming Up And Saying 'thank You For My Childhood', Which Still Blows My Mind But Is Very Sweet.

One Of The Things That I Cannot Fathom Is Young Actors Who Will Not Audition And Won't Read.

I'm Thrilled Of The Acceptance I Get Abroad. The People Are So Hearty, Warm And Grateful And I Feel Privileged Having Seen So Many Countries And Some Of The Greatest Monuments.

I Want To Prove To People That I'm An Actor And Not Just A Character.

I Feel Like My Evolution Has Come To A Place Where Now I'm Attached To Crazy Rich Asians.

A Lot Of Modern Horror Can Leave Me Cold, And I'm Not Good With Blood And Gore And All That Stuff. It's Not Fun For Me. There's Nothing Entertaining About Watching A Film Like That.

You Don't Have To Be Gay To Be A Supporter- You Just Have To Be A Human.

I Haven’t Always Been Thrilled With My Work. But The Fear Of Not Proving The People Wrong Who Think You Can’t Emerge From A Franchise And Do Well, That’s A Very Strong Driving Force.

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.

Fame Is Damaging When People Become Reliant On It For Their Sense Of Self, And Their Identity, When Fame Is Linked To How You See Yourself.

I'm Also A Fan Of Ridiculously Coloured And Patterned Socks.

What I Love About The Gay Thing Is That Every Single Person I Type Into Google, It Doesn't Matter If It's Florence Welch, Anybody, If You Are Not Being Called Gay You Don't Have A Career. That's My Theory!

My Dad's Got A Brilliant Eye For Scripts 'cos He's A Literary Agent. He And My Agent Read A Load Of Scripts And Filter Them.

I'm Not Much Of A Cake Person.

I'm 5-foot-5, And I'll Wear A Big Parka And Put The Hood Up, And Nobody Gives Me A Second Glance.

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

I've Always Thought That As Long As Directors And Casting Directors Don't See Me As Just Harry Potter, I'll Be Ok. People Have Shown A Lot Of Faith In Me, And I Owe Them A Huge Debt. They're Letting Me Prove That I'm Serious About This.

Once Now You See Me Proved That That Tone Could Work, Which I'm Sure Was A Nightmare For Them In Post - Is This Too Serious? Do We Have To Say That Magic Really Does Exist Or Not? - I Can Take That And Have Fun With The Tone That They Established.

A Friend Often Says I'm An Old Man In A Young Man's Husk. I Like That. I Am Old-fashioned In Some Ways.

I Don't Really Care About How I Look.

The American Version Of 'the Office' Is Fantastic.

Maybe It's A Compliment To The Film That You Can't Do That With It, That It Can't Be Explained In 15 Seconds.

I Take Things In Better When I'm Allowed To Talk, And Respond, And Engage And Move Around A Bit.

I'm Possibly A Very Morbid Person But I Think About Death A Lot.

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.

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.

I Think It Was Pretty Obvious Early On That We Had Both Come With Kind Of The Same Attitude Of "let's Just [jump] In," And Neither Of Us Was Going To Be Precious About It. I Feel Like The Thing That We Learned Is, Weirdly, The Most Intimate Thing Or A Very Intimate Thing You Can Do To Somebody Is Hold Their Tongue With Your Fingers. When Paul [dano] Is Making Me Talk [in Swiss Army Man].

People Tell Me I Look Mournful. They Say, "cheer Up, Dan, It's Not That Bad!" Sometimes, I Just Look Into Space, Which Freaks People Out. If I Was Ever Required To Do Anything Other Than Look Haunted, I Could. I'm A Happy Person.

I Was In The Bath At The Time, And My Dad Came Running In And Said, 'guess Who They Want To Play Harry Potter!?' And I Started To Cry. It Was Probably The Best Moment Of My Life.

I Would Like To Initiate An Initiative - The Broadway Annoying Audience Member Relocation Programme.

A Gay Murder Movie Is Never Going To Be, Like, Breaking Box Office Records.

The Happiest I Ever Am Is Spending Time With A Group Of Really Good Friends. That's All I Aspire To In Life, Really.

Every Day I Would Come To Set [of Swiss Army Man] Going Like, "how Are We Going To Do This?".

I've Always Had A Slightly Overactive Imagination.

Overactive Imaginations

I'm An Atheist, But I'm Very Relaxed About It. I Don't Preach My Atheism, But I Have A Huge Amount Of Respect For People Like Richard Dawkins Who Do.

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.

There's Never Enough Time To Do Nothing!

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.

I Want To Write And Direct, But I Don't Think If I Did It For 100 Years I Would Ever Come Close To Putting Something Out There That Gives A Feeling Of All-encompassing And Joyous.

Normally I Sit There In The Films Really Hating Watching Myself. Loving Watching The Films, Hating Watching Myself.

My Job To Make Sure That Thing Is Kick-ass - Takes The Mold, Jumps On It, Throws Glitter All Over It, Smashes It, Kicks It Around, And Drops The Mic. If We Don't Do That, Then We Deserve Not To Have A Hit.

As Much As I Would Love To Be A Person That Goes To Parties And Has A Couple Of Drinks And Has A Nice Time - That Doesn't Work For Me. I Do That Very Unsuccessfully. I'd Just Rather Sit At Home And Read, Or Go Out To Dinner With Someone, Or Talk To Someone I Love, Or Talk To Somebody That Makes Me Laugh.

When You're In The Position I'm In, You Have Two Options: You Can Either Shut Yourself Off From Everybody, From The World, And Not Live A Full Life. Or You Welcome Everybody Into Your Life And Occasionally Somebody Will Try To Take Advantage.

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.

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

Some Actresses Are Just Insane. I've Never Worked With A Nasty Actress - They're All Absolutely Delightful. But Completely Barking.

I Was Very Much A Product Of The Public-school System. There Was Only One Other Kid In My Class Who Had Parents Not Involved In The Stock Market Or Law.

I Had One Relative Who Passed Away But Fortunately None Others. So My Sort Of Experience Of It Is Quite Limited, Thankfully.

I Really Enjoy Working Physically.

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

I Know Me, And I Know That I'm Not Somebody That Particularly Merits A Lot Of Screaming And Shouting. And There's Nothing Special About Me As Opposed To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Other People Everywhere.

As An Actor, There Is Room For A Certain Amount Of Creativity, But You're Always Ultimately Going To Be Saying Somebody Else's Words. I Don't Think I'd Have The Stamina, Skill Or Ability To Write A Novel, But I'd Love To Write Short Stories And Poetry, Because Those Are My Two Passions.

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 Still Have Issues Around Forgetting That It's My Life And If I Want To Do Something, I Can Do It.

Who Are The Executives, And What Are The Stories That Are Being Released? Not Just In Movie Theaters But Online. When You Watch Master Of None, You're Like, Yes, This Is Real Life To Me. These Are Refreshing Types Of Stories.

I've Not Got A Girlfriend At The Moment. Somebody Said, 'do You Worry Girls Are Just Giving You Attention Because Of Who You Are?' I Was Like, 'i'm 17, It's Wonderful.'

I Am Very Critical! I Hate Watching Myself But I Know I Have To Because I'm Going To Be Asked So I Need To Have Some Sort Of Semblance Of What The Films With Me Are Like. But It's Not An Enjoyable Experience Watching Yourself. I Hate It Less Than I Used To But I Still Don't Enjoy It.

I Have No Idea How Much Money I've Got.

It's Important To Say That The More Challenging A Scene Is, In A Way, The More Fun It Is Because The More Of My Job I Get To Do.

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

Part Of An Actor's Job Is To Find Correlations Between Your Own Life And The Life Of The Person You Are Playing.

I Think One Of My Favorite Things To Do Is Just Lock Myself Up In A Small Room And Listen To Music And Watch Films For A Day. Also I Just Like Seeing My Friends. We Have Pizza Parties Which Means I Get Four Friends Round, We Eat A Pizza And We're Really Lazy And We Play Playstation.

I Think Any Man Who Says He Has Never Had An Awkward Moment With A Girl, Is A Liar Or He's Delusional Because He's Sitting There Thinking He Is Doing Really Well And The Girl Is Thinking "who Is This Man And Why Is He Talking To Me?"

I Used To Joke I Was A Point-and-click Actor. My Whole Process Has Been About Trusting Your Instincts And Hitting Your Mark.

The Sixth Harry Potter Film - I Don't Like My Performance In That Film At All.

Those Things [t Hydraulic Penises And Prosthetic Butts And All That] Can Be What's Genuinely Shocking About The Movie [swiss Army Man] Because People Wouldn't Expect To Be Moved By Any Of It.

I Was Very Sad To Leave Harry Potter But Equally There Will Be An Element Of Excitement About The Idea That A Script Might Come In And I Don't Have To Go: "i'm Sorry, I'm Kind Of Busy For The Next Four Years." The Idea Of That Is Quite Exciting.

If You're Having A Bad Day, Get On With Your Job, Because You Having A Bad Day Can Affect Everyone Around You.

Having A Bad Day

I Don't Know Why That Is, But English Politics Is Just So Overly White. It's Very Much About The Class Structure.

I Know I'm Not A Coal Miner, But I Do Long Hours And I Never Complain, And There Is Nowhere Else I'd Rather Be. So, Yeah, That's How I'd Define Myself. I Want To Do It Right, And Prove People Wrong Once And For All About The Myth Of Child Stars.

I Don't Think There's Anything That I Would Really Baulk At Doing On-screen. I Don't Think So. I've Got Certain Pet Peeves About Writing... My Pet Peeve About Reading Scripts Is When They Give You A Line Reading And There'll Be A Line But Next To Your Character's Name It'll Say 'very Angry'. But I'm Like: "well, I'll Decide That Actually!" So, There's Little Things Like That. That's A Slight Pet Peeve.

I Don't [believe In God]. I Have A Problem With Religion Or Anything Else That Says, 'we Have All The Answers,' Because There's No Such Thing As 'the Answers.' We're Complex. We Change Our Minds On Issues All The Time. Religion Leaves No Room For Human Complexity.

I Would Love To Work In America. I Wouldn't Love To Live There, But I'd Love To Experience Working There.

Also I Just Think I've Been Lucky Enough To Have Great Parents, And I've Had Good People Around Me Who Have Always Been Honest With Me, Who Would Give Me A Purely Metaphorical Slap If I Ever Got Too Big For My Boots.

I Meet Hundreds Of People, And I'm Not Going To Remember Them. But Every Single One Of Them Will Remember Their Interaction With Me.

I Suppose Whenever You Go Through Periods Of Transition, Or In A Way, It's A Very Definite Closing Of A Certain Chapter Of Your Life. I Suppose Those Times Are Always Going To Be Both Very Upsetting And Also Very Exciting By The Very Nature Because Things Are Changing And You Don't Know What's Going To Happen.

Mostly, I'm Drawn To Great Characters And Great Worlds That Use Weird Things For Their Language - Whether It's Dance, Whether It's Pop Music With Justin Bieber, Or Whether It's Magic.

I Might Like To Be An Actor, But There Are Loads Of Other Things I'm Interested In As Well, Like Music And Writing And Sports. I Want To Keep My Options Open.

Potter For Me Is Something That's Been Giving Me These Amazing Opportunities To Start A Career And Learn While I'm Doing, Which Is The Best Way To Learn.

Amazing Opportunities

It Was A Lot Of Fun To Play A Character [in Swiss Army Man] With No Inhibitions, And With No Knowledge Of The World, And Who Comes Into The World Kind Of Like A Blank Slate. It Means There's No Template Or Blueprint For How You Need To Play Certain Scenes.

I Think Part Of Me Would Love To Play A Drag Queen, Just Because It Would Be An Excuse To Wear Loads Of Eye Makeup.

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

The Art World Can Be Very Intimidating Because It's Just So Vast. You Talk To People Who Are Really Clued In To All The Young Artists And Coming Into It You're Never Going To Be Able To Catch Up Immediately, Even Though There's Pressure To.

You Never Want To Be Forced To Do Something. But The World Around You Starts To Influence You In Ways You Never Expected.

If You're On A Date And Somebody Comes Up And Says, "oh, I Loved You In Harry Potter," It's A Bit Weird, Because You Suddenly Start Thinking, "oh, God. Is This Weird For The Other Person I'm Here With, Or Is This Weird For My Family?" But Generally Speaking, I Don't Really Think Because I Was Thrown Into It So Young And Kind Of Always Had That, It's Just Something You Get Used To. And Most Of The Time... It Was Interesting.

I Remember Paul [dano] Had Said At One Point That When He Finished This Film [swiss Army Man] Was The Strongest He'd Ever Been Just From Lugging Me Around For [several] Weeks.

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