I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.
There's this feeling, when you stop believing it's a show and you're there and this is happening.
In my ideal world, it would be a soulful connection to the role because you've shared a lot of the same experiences as the character and you just feel so right in it. That's the first thing I look for.
If anything, it was a very egotistical thing because I wanted to move people. I wanted to tell a story and move people.
What you try to do, as an actor, is just make it work somehow.
After I've done a good job, then I can get excited. Obviously, it would be very easy to get carried away, but I wanted to own that excitement.
Having a good director is very important. It's crucial. When you do good work with a certain director, you want to work with them again, and hopefully vice versa.
Voldemort’s fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb.
It's like I'm in a closet in a college dorm room.
Everyone has hardship in their life. Everyone has pain.
People want to typecast you; it's human nature.