Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Any time you have intimacy with someone, there is something between them. "

Related Quotes:

" Alison Carr on 'Homeland.' She was such great character to play, so clever and full of surprises. I was sad to see her go. "

" The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people. "

" That is definitely something that I feel more comfortable with now. When I did 'Lord of the Rings,' it was something I wasn't quite prepared for, I didn't know how to deal with that sort of attention, and I kind of shied away from that, but I'm better at dealing with that now - a lot better. "

" When I was working on 'Homeland,' there was a consultant who helped me a lot... I went to Washington and met with my consultant there, and he actually organised a lunch with several people from the Intelligence Committee. "

" I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think. "

" In Australia, it's people from Asian countries who most often recognise me. There are often people just looking at me at the supermarket, like they're shocked to think I would go to the supermarket. "

" I love the Russians for their verve, their melancholia, their vivacity, their unpredictability, and their humour. "

Unpredictability

" Young actors are serious about their work and don't take any time out from it. I'm very serious about my work; there are probably only two films I've done where I had a really good time. "

" Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't. "

" Every director is completely different. "

" I worry about my sides. I worry where everything goes. I worry that I'm going to be the leak. I give all my scripts back! "

" There are so many successful women working in intelligence, but it's still seen as a male-dominated world. "

" I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America. "

" I really like research. "

" Acting is bluffing, pretending to be something. "

" You do remember things that people say in movies. You remember particular lines and things that are funny. But, you also remember really strong images. Images have a way of bypassing your brain and hitting you emotionally. "

" I hate being pigeon-holed into anything. To me, the best thing is when the next job comes and is completely different to the one that I just had. "

" I just feel like TV takes more risks than film. Film has gotten very safe: it's very compartmentalized about what type of things will be successful. And whereas in TV, since all these new platforms opened, they're saying to writers, go out there, write the most different show that you can write. Write something that's really original and different. "

" Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking. "

" In the past, I was always drawn to really quirky, idiosyncratic characters. "

" Soho House is normally a private-members club, but the Berlin one has a hotel open to the public. Many beautiful rooms in a cool location, and who knows who you'll run into in the lobby! "

" I ask myself, 'What is the value of acting and the attention that actors get? And yet there are so many people in the world doing incredible things for mankind, and they don't get much attention.' I do question about that, but I don't think I would've been a great doctor. I think I would've been a good surgeon. That fascinated me. "

" England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! "

" There's such big pressure on people who are incredibly famous, on those who have people sitting outside their front door and taking photos every time they move. "

" I grew up seeing a lot of theatre, and it was theatre that really seduced me into acting - not film or television. "

" Usually, I end up looking for something completely different to who I last played. But there is just a spark that's lit when I read a script or character I want to play. "

" Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does. "

" I think 'Rake' was a very clever crossover, actually, because it does lend itself to the city of L.A. "

" Premieres are pretty fun, but probably the most fun was when I went to see 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' and I'd just flown in from Africa, and I hadn't even seen the movie yet. So, the first time I saw it was at the premiere. It was really fun. "

" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "