Host: In movies, you’re working on a new Tim Burton film? Is that right?

Alan: I’m about to start Sweeney Todd. I’ll be singing a duet with Johnny Depp.

Host: Come on. (laughter)

Alan: It’s true.

Host: Are you excited about that? Are you nervous about that?

Alan: Well, let’s find out if either of us can sing first.

Host: What can you say about the new Harry Potter film, ‘cause you’re in that. But it’s all really tight, isn’t it?

Alan: Well ... the new one? Just go read the book. (laughter)

Host: I don’t have the time to read the book.

Alan: The thing about Harry Potter movies is, you read the book and actually it doesn’t tell you very much because it’s gonna be cut down to and hour and a half or, whatever it is, two hours. And so it basically drives down to the narrative of the three kids. So we’re there as a kind of spoonful of something or other every so often.