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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.

Richard Burton came from the same town as me, so I thought I'd follow my nose, and follow my luck. I think I've been very lucky.

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.

Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'

When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.

Mount Tamalpais became my house. For Cezanne, Sainte-Victoire was no longer a mountain. It was an absolute. It was painting.

I was up for 'Harry Potter' way, way back. But I don't quite fit the bill, I think.

I have this weird tropism for islands. Take me to an island as far from New York as I can possibly go.

I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.