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You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

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That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas.

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Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands.

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I'm a lot less serious than people think, it's probably because the way my face is put together.

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You can act truthfully or you can lie. You can reveal things about yourself or you can hide. Therefore, the audience recognizes something about themselves or they don't -- You hope they don't leave the theatre thinking that was nice...now where's the cab?'

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I love working in New York theater.

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Acting touches nerves you have absolutely no control over.

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The audience should feel like voyeurs. Their response is absolutely crucial.

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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

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What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

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I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

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I like it when stories are left open.

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The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.

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I've learned, having been on a lot of sets, the good news is that by definition you are surrounded by experts. They get fired if they're not - unlike in the theatre!

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I have a photograph at home of Fred Astaire from the knees down with his feet crossed. It's kind of inspiring because it reminds me his feet were bleeding at the end of rehearsals. Yet when you watch him, all you see is freedom. It's a reminder of what the job is about in general, not just being in musicals.

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I think there should be laughs in everything. Sometimes, it's a slammed door, a pie in the face or just a recognition of our frailties.

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If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

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The first time that I came to New York to work properly was the mid-'80s, but I was doing eight shows a week. You have no life. Going to a punk rock club - or whatever the music was at that time - would not have been on my agenda.

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Actors are actually very supportive of each other.

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Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

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