I think I felt a lot of that pressure in the beginning, i don’t know what the percentage is, but there’s a percentage of people who will absolutely be willing to see me as different characters. There’s a percentage of people, probably smallish, that already do. But there’s a percentage of people who will never see me as anything other than Harry Potter. And I ’m not going to worry about that. I ’m also very happy with that. I loved the part. And if that’s the way I will remain in some people’s minds until the end of time, then that’s fine … The fact that I ’m able to do stuff that I ’m proud of, if I just carry on and do the things that I want to make, hopefully they will reach more and more people.

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I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.

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I get constantly mistaken for Elijah Wood.

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I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.

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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.

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I'm never going to be in something as commercially successful as 'Harry Potter' ever again. It's impossible. So that gives me incredible freedom to go off and make the slightly off-the-wall films that I want to make.

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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.

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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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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.

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Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself.

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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.

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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.

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And well historically it's never been a good thing to compare yourself to biblical characters.

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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.

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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.

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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 honesty is the most heroic quality one can aspire to.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I've been working since I was 9, and I've never known a life without a film set.

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