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" I did a film called 'Patriot Games' with Harrison Ford, and we actually shot three different versions of my death. And they settled on the third. "
Sean Bean
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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 am quite quiet: I don't feel as though I have to express myself with words too often. Maybe I should do more. "
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" There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers. "
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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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" 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 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. "
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" I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters. "
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" Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith. "
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" 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. "
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" I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies. "
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" There's something quite satisfying, quite reassuring about seeing a man having to survive. "
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" You don't necessarily equate me with humor! "
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" I love doing just nothing in my free time. "
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" If you're going to support a football team, do it 100 per cent. "
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" I left school when I was 16; then I worked for my father, who was a welder. And I was a welder for three years, you know, welder of fabrication, metal 'cause it was a big industrial town, Sheffield. It was much steel and coal and stuff like that. "
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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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" I like Daniel Craig. I worked with him on 'Sharpe,' one of the very early ones, maybe the second one we did - 'Sharpe's Revenge?' A long, long time ago, and he was good in that then. "
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" Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. "
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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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" I bought a Jaguar when I was 28. I'd always wanted one. I had it for years, then my friend had it, then my dad had it. It was a good workhorse. "
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" 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. "
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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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