And I'm a fan of Alfonso Cuaron. And I'm not disappointed now, here at the end of it. I've had a great time making it.
And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.
I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was.
I felt an enormous responsibility because internationally there's a real passion among kiddies for these books.
I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver.
I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work.
I nearly played Quirrell in the first film and a friend of mine, Ian Hart played it in the end, and that is how I came to do it, because I was working with Ian, and he saw the script laying around.
I should explain that I grew up in a town called Blackpool in England in a toyshop, and I have become a toy, and it's fantastic. Used to sell Lego, and I have also become Lego.
I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know.
I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read books 2 or 3. I'd just read a bit of it. And I'd seen the films.
I'm in the fifth one, so I'm reading the book now. You know he's not a werewolf don't you? He's actually a cat!
It is. I mean people probably know it better than me if you have read the books. I mean, I had not read the third book, by the time I came to do it.
It was actually the thing that I've put my heart into the most, in terms of research and everything, because I was a great admirer of Rimbaud's work.
It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie.
Most of the role is about showing the kindness of Professor Lupin's character. I'm sort of a Mr. Chips, a gentle, much-loved teacher - that's interesting because the Dark Arts teachers before me were not loved.
Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance.
The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it.
Then I did Dragonheart because I was getting advice-stroke-pressure from my agent to do a studio film. Actually, I enjoyed doing it.
Then I saw it, and I know Ian Hart, who did play Quirrell. I know he had such a good time making it.
Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.
Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house. I met JK Rowling the other night for the first time, and I was very nice to her and bought her a drink.
Well, The Island of Dr Moreau wasn't very good, was it? I remember the day Brando turned round to me and said this was the craziest thing he'd ever been involved in.
Yeah he's a kind of very kindly, very nurturing teacher with a little dark secret that I am supposed not to mention, but its one of the best selling books in the world, so I turn into a werewolf.
Yeah, well that's the best thing about it, I think, is knowing kids and kids getting mental when they know you're in it. Any kid you meet and anyone I know tells the kid you're in it and they get short of breath.
You can say at least once in your career you've done the whole werewolf transformation thing. But it wasn't fun to do.
David stands 6' 4" (1.93 m) tall.
David wrote the film: Hello, Hello, Hello (1995).
It has already been announced that David will reprise his role as Professor Remus Lupin in the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
David's first documented professional acting job after school was in a Kellogg’s Bran Flakes commercial.
At the Cannes Film Festival in 1993, David won the award for best actor (in Naked).
At the London Critics Circle Film Awards in 1994, David won the award for British actor of the year (for Naked).
David was nominated in 1996 for the BAFTA Film Award for best short film for Hello, Hello, Hello.
David also starred in Sam Mendes' The Sea at the Royal National Theatre, Max Stafford-Clark's Ice Cream at the Royal Court, Buddy Holly at the Regal in Greenwich, Ruffian on the Stairs/The Woolley at Farnham, and Lady and the Clarinet at the Kings Head.
David has one child, a daughter named Gracie. She was born at London's Portland Hospital and weighed 7lb 4oz on 9 July 2005. (With Friel).
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