One of the things that I cannot fathom is young actors who will not audition and won't read.

Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.

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.

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.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

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'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

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 met Elijah Wood once, I met Peter Jackson, I met Orlando Bloom, and they're all really cool.

There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life.

I used to be self conscious about my height, but then I thought, f*** that, I'm Harry Potter.

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

I'm picking and choosing in terms of the stress factor. If it's not fun, I'm not going to do it.

You are the effect of your story, that's all.

All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. Its kind of self-therapy.

I never really saw my dad around when the Iron Maiden and the AC/DC were playing. But he knew what I was doing. I was just absorbing music. So he just kind of left me to my own devices.

The films dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.

From the moment you are in that cell, when they tell you you're going ot be electrocuted, you contemplate it all the time. It never leaves your mind, and they never let it leave your mind.

To build your house on the rock is to hear what Jesus says and obey. To be foolish and build your house on the sand is to hear and ignore.

[N]o one's ever been able to show me any difference between democracy and brute force. It's just a majority ganging up on a minority with the minority giving in to avoid getting massacred.

In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand.