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" I kind of drifted into acting through a series of coincidences. "
David Thewlis
Through
Acting
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" I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying. "
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" I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work. "
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" I often do that with characters, going back to my bloody drama-school days, in terms of equating them with creatures. And it's very much there as a theme of all the seasons of 'Fargo' as well: the predator and the prey. "
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" Yeah, well that's the best thing about it, I think, is knowing kids and kids getting mental when they know you're in it. Any kid you meet and anyone I know tells the kid you're in it and they get short of breath. "
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" I thought 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' was terrible. I'm a big fan of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, so I don't know what went wrong with that. "
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" Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great. "
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" When you do something well, this is the best job in the world. "
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" I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. "
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" It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family. "
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" I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do. "
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" After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week. "
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Next
" In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really. "
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" I adore children. If I weren't an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company. "
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Work
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" The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it. "
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" What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today? "
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World
" You always have to look for something beautiful wherever you go. "
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" It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American. "
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" The world is enormously dangerous and scary. I worry very much for my daughter. I'm not sure we're in control any more, and I think the Internet is partly responsible for that. "
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" That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing. "
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" The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level. "
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" I was interested in the idea of celebrity... some very untalented people getting very successful and making a lot of money for not a lot of work, sometimes. "
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" I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant. "
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" People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along. "
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" It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it? "
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" I really like Los Angeles. I like the weather, the openness of it, the beach, the mountains, the desert. I find it inspiring. I get quite a lot of writing done out there. "
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" A lot of the city boys in London, a lot of the hedge-fund, young city workers at the height of the financial boom were a lot of working-class, brilliantly minded young fellows and women. "
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" I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes. "
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" I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. "
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