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" For some reason, the parts I play, like Boromir or Ned Stark, have a life online long afterwards. I keep seeing - what do you call them - memes? "

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" It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity. "

" I'm not bad at singing - at least in the shower. "

" Working in a garden calms me down. "

" I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him. "

" There's only so long you can play the silent type standing in the background. 'GoldenEye' was good for that. I was the villain: James Bond was doing all the heavy lifting. I liked that. "

" I shared a dressing room with Pete Postlethwaite for 18 months, and he became a good friend. His discipline had an impact on me. You could have a laugh with him, but he was always on the ball when it came to work and very professional. Hopefully some of that rubbed off on me. "

" Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional. "

" Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't. "

" In theatre, once you've got the character and you've got things together, you can relax into it. Film has a different feel - you don't get that through line of not stopping. Theatre is like a snowball gathering momentum and getting bigger, whereas in film, it's a bit stop and start - but you do tend to adjust to that quite easily. "

" You don't necessarily equate me with humor! "

" It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home. "

" 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. "

" I am quite quiet: I don't feel as though I have to express myself with words too often. Maybe I should do more. "

" I love to be with my kid in Yorkshire. I love it there. "

" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "

" I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up. "

" I always get nervous before a scene. "

" When I first started shooting 'Sharpe,' back in the early 1990s, I'd kiss my two elder daughters goodbye at the end of August - Evie wasn't even born then - and I wouldn't see them again until Christmas. That was tough. They were hard times. "

" 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. "

" I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives. "

" At art college, I started to do music and then painting and drawing - and that would have been my ideal life, to be an artist and be paid for it, to be able to create stuff. I realized it was difficult, but I don't know if I had the application for it. "

" My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over. "

" 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. "

" I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that? "

" I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain! "

" 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!' "

" I don't do much on social media. I don't really want people knowing about my life. "

" George Martin looks like Santa Claus, but he's got a wonderfully disturbed mind. "

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