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" Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. "
Sean Bean
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" 006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters. "
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" My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time. "
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" I really got my money's worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers. "
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" I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him. "
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" I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I'm actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day. "
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" It's important to enjoy who you are and to appreciate things around you. "
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" Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway. "
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" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head. "
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" George Martin looks like Santa Claus, but he's got a wonderfully disturbed mind. "
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" I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "
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" Obviously I'm delighted I'm a grandfather, but I guess it takes a little while to digest. You start thinking, 'Oh, I'm half-way over the natural life span. So this is the last bit, and I'd better enjoy it.' "
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" I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!' "
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Me
Funny
Face
" My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. "
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Thought
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" I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that. "
Sean Bean
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" I'm very good at keeping a secret. "
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" I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything. "
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" Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material. "
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" I never try and play a bad guy to be bad and to be brutal and to be nasty and vicious, because I think you're going to be very cliche there. You know, you've got to find the truth in that character and what he believes in. It just happens that, you know, he's wrong. "
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" I don't believe you just create a character out of thin air, there's always something of yourself you bring. "
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" There's something quite satisfying, quite reassuring about seeing a man having to survive. "
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Man
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" The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now. "
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Doing
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" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "
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" It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity. "
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" All this focus on my private life is the most unappealing aspect of being an actor. I don't like it, but it goes with the territory, and I have to put up with it. I certainly don't set out to attract attention. "
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" You can't follow another actor's performance. You can't be Robert DeNiro, because you're not Robert DeNiro, and, you know, he is. "
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" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "
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" I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies. "
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" I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy. "
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