David Thewlis

What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today? ”

I adore children. If I weren't an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company. ”

Harry Potter' is very nice because it's very easy to make children happy. All you have to do is have your photograph taken with them. ”

It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family. ”

I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant. ”

I could, of course, have written about the film world and the jealousy there and the frequent belief that others don't have talent. But, for some reason, it just struck me to write about art. ”

In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really. ”

I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.' ”

I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world. ”

It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries. ”