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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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" 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. "

Sean Bean

Time

Good

Him

" I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you. "

" I can't imagine doing anything except acting. "

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

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

" There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers. "

" 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. "

" Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. "

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

Sean Bean

Man

Kind

" 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. "

" I really got my money's worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers. "

Sean Bean

First

Money

" I'd like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I've come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Of course I believe in love despite four divorces. There is nobody who doesn't believe in love. But marriage - that fits some people but obviously not me. "

Sean Bean

Marriage

Believe

" There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters. "

" I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did. "

" It's important to enjoy who you are and to appreciate things around you. "

" 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! "

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

" 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. "

" Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway. "

" I go to see my kids in school plays. "

" Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. "

" 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. "

" I always get nervous before a scene. "