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" I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore. "
Rupert Friend
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" I find it quite unsettling if I'm doing the same thing that I did yesterday. "
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" I don't love plays. I don't love doing the same thing, every night, for 100 nights in a row. "
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" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "
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" I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared. "
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" I was bullied a lot... doing anything overly well was punished by the kids. "
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" When I come home, all I do is cook. I love cooking, so I go to markets, buy food, cook it for friends. I love doing that. "
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" The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still. "
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" There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision. "
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" I never want to overstay my welcome for any character. I would rather people are excited by the ideas a character generates in them rather than feeling bored and wishing he would just go away. "
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" Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. "
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" I've never been to war, and I would never presume to fully understand the horrors that that kind of experience can impart. "
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" Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed. "
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" I got the 'I don't want the normal job' bug. At home, we have countless career advisors who would tell us to work in department stores and stay below the bar and not overreach our grasp. I didn't believe any of them. "
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" I wasn't interested in football. It made me different. I wore glasses, had bad hair, a funny name, you name it. "
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" I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. "
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People
" We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems. "
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" I'm always interested in what we're not being shown. So if you're playing ostensibly a quote-unquote 'baddie,' what are their good sides, and vice versa. "
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" The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged. "
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" I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The album is called 'Everything We Hold,' and you can hear my lyrics. "
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" It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. "
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" It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this world which will still be here. "
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" I've never got on with recipes. Free yourself - throw them out! "
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" The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in it. I've never been interested in smoke and mirrors and cutting corners. I'd rather just do it for real. "
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" I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art. "
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" The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing. "
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" I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over. "
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" You fire blanks, but the guns eject real brass, hot cartridges. They're, like, 400 degrees. "
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" What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel they mint something afresh every night. Because I would rather do something until I've done it and then know it's done. New day, next thing! "
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" I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could! "
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