I've already felt that I want to direct. Being an executive producer is like the best job in the world because you make all these executive decisions and then you leave the money to other people. You don't have to be on set and counting beans.

Coltrane has also presented a number of popular documentary programmes for the British ITV network based around his twin passions for travel and transportation. Rowling author of the Harry Potter series had Coltrane at the top of her list to play Hagrid and when asked who Robbie Coltrane would like to see in the role responded “Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid” in one quick breath. In August 2007 Coltrane presented a series for ITV called B-Road Britain in which he travelled from London to Glasgow stopping in towns and villages along the way.

Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker during the 1990s and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films. Robbie Coltrane OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; March 30 1950) is a Scottish actor comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr.