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I played old men back in drama school. It's just now that I'm drawing level with the age of the characters I play, but I'm fine with that, and I've certainly never envied people who became hugely famous when they were young.

I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

I was never famous as a kid. That's the biggest difference between me and any other kid actor is that I wasn't famous as a kid.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.

I was never a juvenile lead or a romantic hero, and I didn't come into my own as an actor until I was 40.

I could be 100 years old and in my rocker, but I'll still be very proud that I was part of the 'Harry Potter' films.