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" I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year. "

David Morrissey

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" When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard. "

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" All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five. "

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" I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere. "

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" Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic. "

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" In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity. "

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" It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning. "

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" It's always good to find out what you don't want to do. "

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" I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way. "

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" I owe my mum a sense of family. She has kept our family together. I have two brothers and a sister, and they all live a stone's throw away from each other in Liverpool. "

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" I like to act because I can forget about everything else. "

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" As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once. "

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" The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys. "

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" I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up. "

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" I think I'm quite a lazy person, actually. If I'm not careful, I could just stay in bed all day. "

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" Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. "

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" I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally. "

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" My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour. "

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" I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again. "

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" All actors think every job will be their last. "

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" When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about. "

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" My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. "

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" I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery. "

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" I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. "

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" The great thing about coming from where I come from - Liverpool and my family - is that we're very close. I have a great relationship with my siblings and their kids. "

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" I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project. "

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" I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human. "

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" We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can. "

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" I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings. "

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