David Thewlis Quotes

When you can see kids smiling, that's one of the best things. That's why I did 'Narnia.'

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

Between the theme parks and the movies, the Disney iconography was probably the first set of archetypes that I was exposed to. Walt was able to expose me as a child to the full array of emotions, including fear and sorrow. Those movies and attractions haunted my dreams and made a deep impression on me as a child.

Life would be very dreary if there were no magic. If the real world were only that veil of tears, I just don't think could get up in the morning.

There's something about girls and unicorns that's deep and meaningful. Something about childhood.

There's nothing I liked visually of the period I was a child. There was no dream in it, and nothing sparkled.

For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.

Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.

Let the little fairy in you fly!

When you're around kids you can be a little kid yourself and pretend that life is magic and you don't have to be one of those sweaty people going to work every day.

Ray Bradbury's connections to fantasy, space, cinema, to the macabre and the melancholy, were all born of his years spent running, jumping, galloping through the woods, across the fields, and down the brick-paved streets of Waukegan.

My first memory of the Harry Potter series was my little brother just falling into those books and not resurfacing until he was done. That J.K. Rowling got an entire generation reading is extraordinary - I'm amazed, thrilled, and proud to now be portraying one of that phenomenal writer's characters.

When I read 'Fantastic Beasts,' the world that J. K. Rowling has created is so wonderful.

When I get back on snow, it's almost like I travel back in time to that feeling I used to have. That youthful, 6-year-old, 'nothing else matters,' 'you're sort of the center of the universe' kind of a feeling.

I think the secret to what Jim Henson did, ultimately, is that he understood how to cut through to the... I know this sounds corny... but the child inside of you.

I started re-reading 'Harry Potter' just to throw myself back into my childhood. I forgot how awesome the books are.

Fairy tales were great because they provided a no-limits playground for my imagination, and growing up, there's nothing more exciting.

The 'Harry Potter' books had a huge impact on me.

I love witches and magic and dress-up and make-believe.

I understood right from the start that every set of library doors were the sort of magic portals that lead to other lands. My God, right within reach there were dinosaurs and planets and presidents and girl detectives!

With my writing, I can still play inside an enchanted castle or live inside an old fort. I can run from ghosts or ride dolphins any day of the week.

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

I wondered how they would top the Pirates and skeletons and moonlight, because that's a pretty cool concept.

I love fantasy. I grew up reading fantasy.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.