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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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" You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant. "

David Thewlis

Fact

Your

Ability

" I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world. "

" 'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality. "

David Thewlis

Quality

American

" Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience. "

" I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. "

" It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family. "

" It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American. "

" I see people around me with very unhappy love lives, who may have held out for that perfect somebody. And the failure to achieve that brings along a lot of bitterness which is very unattractive; therefore they're probably less likely to achieve it. "

David Thewlis

Failure

Love

" I don't think its good for the soul to invest too much of yourself in technology. "

" The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it. "

" 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. "

" When I'm sat in the pub with my mates, they've got their stories: Richard and Tracy have split up, they went to Arsenal and this fight broke out... My anecdotes are like, 'I was in this bar, and Michelle Pfeiffer rang, and I had wax in my ear, so I couldn't hear what she was saying...' "

David Thewlis

Stories

Saying

" 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. "

" I'm much more Buddhist. I mean, I'm not a Buddhist. I should be so lucky to be a Buddhist, a real Buddhist, but of all the things I investigated, that seems to make the most sense to me. "

" I'm often cast as religious figures, good and bad, such as 'Kingdom Of Heaven.' "

" Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for. "

David Thewlis

Relationships

Know

" 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. "

" We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it. "

" When you do something well, this is the best job in the world. "

" Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance. "

David Thewlis

Performance

Interesting

" In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.' "

David Thewlis

Fire

Read

" 'An Inspector Calls' is a British classic, and I am thrilled to be working on this beautiful screen adaptation with Aisling Walsh. "

David Thewlis

I Am

Working

" 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. "

" It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie. "

" I've realized over the years I either play very good people or very bad people, and I think I always enjoy the very bad people more. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I paint a bit myself. My house in Clerkenwell has a room that is done up like a big installation. "

David Thewlis

Paint

Myself

" Dad worked in the same shop, behind the same counter, five or six days a week, for 38 years, and hated it. "

" 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. "