Up There On The Screen, We Can

I Feel Like J.k. Rowling's World Is One That Is Owned By Everyone In Some Ways. People Have Grown Up With It And Have Such A Sense Of That Universe That There's Something Kind Of Wonderful Seeing Everyone Get Involved.

As An Actor There's A Lot Of Scrutiny And, Even When You've Had Success, It Becomes About Sustaining That Success. A Friend Of Mine Described It As A Peakless Mountain. Even For Robert De Niro There's Al Pacino And For Pacino There's De Niro.

Making A Film Or Doing A Play Are Completely Different Experiences And Entirely Fulfilling, But Completely Unique. I Also Think One Complements The Other. People Often Say That Theater Is About Flexing Your Muscles, And Is Actually Real Acting, Whereas I Sort Of Disagree.

Two Years Ago, I Shot 'pillars Of The Earth' In Budapest - It Was A Big Part, But I Had A Lot Of Time To Sit Around And Visit Cafes.

People Ask, "do You Enjoy Acting?" But You Only Have Those Specific Few Hours To Do A Scene, And Then You Drive Home And Wait For Six Months To Find Out How It Went. You Can't Go Back And Put In A New Idea. Filming Is About Continuing To Be Alert And To Think, And I Find It Quite Exhausting. Certainly I Would Say That Fear Is A Part Of That.