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" As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story. "
Matthew Lewis
Doing
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" I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed. "
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" If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work. "
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" A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that. "
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" I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone. "
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" I am fortunate that I get sent scripts and get to meet people I would never have met had I not done 'Harry Potter.' But I feel I had to come out of that show and prove that I am not a one trick pony and can do other stuff. "
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" I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. "
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" One of the crucial things to the story of 'Harry Potter's' success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody. "
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" I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero. "
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" You can stay true to yourself and your friends, you can do the right thing, you can do with your life whatever you want to. I think that's a lovely message. "
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" I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now. "
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Growing
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" You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort. "
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Than
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General
" I live in Leeds, which is about 200 miles north of London, and I get to go and do all the 'Harry Potter' stuff and make great films and be part of this wonderful thing all around the world, and then I get to go home and chill out with my friends in Leeds and go watch the football and go to the pub. "
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World
Great
Home
" I don't feel hunky at all. "
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Feel
" The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere. "
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Day
You
Great
" I get too excited about football and rugby. "
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Get
Excited
Too
" It's always been my dream to be in a war film. "
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Been
War
Always
" I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself. "
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Myself
Night
Kind
" I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class. "
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Class
Too Much
Speak
" With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it. "
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Away
Enjoy
Months
" Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there. "
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Limit
Me
Myself
" 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. "
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Amazing
Experience
Fun
" I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me. "
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Paparazzi
Bread
Milk
" I never went to drama school. "
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Drama
Drama School
Never
" When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great. "
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Great
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" You don't get time to rehearse in film and TV at all. "
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Time
You
" I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.' But I enjoyed it, you know. That's what I got into acting to do - to push myself and see if I can do these things. "
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" I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things. "
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Think
You
Trying
" I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy. "
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Chubby
Shy
Short
" I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor. "
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Real