Actor

I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.

Fail again, fail better.

I find looking forward scary because you might die.

I got very lucky with 'Harry Potter.' I got that role because I'm a ginger! Red hair was my only qualification!

It's nice to sit down when you're not working. I try to do it as often as possible.

There's so many good comic actors that you just take the best of and try and run with it yourself. Try and bring a little bit of yourself to it, too.

The whole idea with acting is that you take some risks. And if you take some risks, you're really going to mess up sometimes. But it's not OK to mess up a movie; it's not OK to do that just so you can improve as an actor. But film-making takes a little bit of risk in every department.

I'm a little bit drifty. I'm a little bit all over the place.

The idea of having dreams that don't come true is really terrifying.

Really, all I worry about is the work in hand.

The rom-com genre is not something that necessarily lights my jets.

The Coen brothers are amazing; they're special.

My mum and my dad have really good taste in movies. My gran would tape them off the TV and write notes about them, rating them.

I stand to learn more working as an actor with really talented people than I do by directing a feature.

Often times, I just do a job and tell my agents, 'I'm in lockdown now.' I won't talk to anybody about anything else in the meantime, and I think that's generally the way to go because I also like to have a gap in between jobs.

I'd rather do one day on a really cool movie than six months on something crap.

If there's one person in the world with whom a chemistry read is unnecessary, it's Rachel McAdams.

I'm a pessimist by nature, so it's always the worst things that come to mind first whenever you make a decision or have a decision to make.

Every actor is like, 'I could direct!'

I worked with the Coen brothers, which had been a dream of mine.