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" I love creating things, especially out of metal. There's something truly satisfying about shaping a piece of metal and seeing the impurities peeling away as you weld it into your chosen design. "

Sean Bean

Design

You

Seeing

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" I used to love wildlife as a kid and being outside in the garden and the woods and the field and that stuff. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Sean Bean

Desire

Think

" 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 can't imagine doing anything except acting. "

" I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house. "

" When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him. "

Sean Bean

Work

People

" I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening, putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it. "

" 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. "

" My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K. "

" If you're going to support a football team, do it 100 per cent. "

" I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else. "

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

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

" 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. "

Sean Bean

Attention

Private Life

" I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy. "

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

" I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It's not one mass or tribe. Everybody's got a different story. "

" 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'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "

Sean Bean

Man

Kind

" The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now. "

" I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading. "

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

" 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!' "

Sean Bean

Funny

Face

" My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. "

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

" 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. "

" I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it. "

" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "