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" For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. "
Rufus Sewell
Back
Time
Myself
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" I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that. "
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" I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily. "
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" At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted. "
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" I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while. "
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" It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship. "
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" I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am. "
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" When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. "
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" People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it. "
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Me
" I recognize myself to a lesser or greater extent in everything I read, good and bad, and that's part of being a human being if you're honest enough. And obviously the darker parts are the things you don't let control you. "
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" A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself. "
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" I'm only based in L.A. because I couldn't get any work in England. "
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" Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose. "
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" I'd like an omelet named after me. "
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Way
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" Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting. "
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Acting
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