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" I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing. "

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" Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films. "

Rupert Friend

Interesting

Proud

Lucky

" I find it quite unsettling if I'm doing the same thing that I did yesterday. "

" If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. "

" 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! "

" I've never been to war, and I would never presume to fully understand the horrors that that kind of experience can impart. "

" I guess the reason I wanted to be an actor was that it felt like it would offer something different all the time. "

Rupert Friend

Time

Reason

" I am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it. "

" People say I have a scary face. I find that to be a mixed compliment. "

" One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control. "

Rupert Friend

Control

Happiness

" The Blue Ridge Mountains are an incredible place. "

" 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. "

" I don't love plays. I don't love doing the same thing, every night, for 100 nights in a row. "

" All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing. "

" The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged. "

" 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. "

" Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. "

" 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. "

" I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. "

" I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved. "

" I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that. "

" I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice. "

" I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. "

Rupert Friend

World

Events

" I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving. "

Rupert Friend

Keep Moving

Moving

" I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could! "

Rupert Friend

Got

Countryside

" I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way. "

" I really enjoy the fact that the very boring, normal person that I am isn't kind of interesting to anyone. It's fine by me. "

Rupert Friend

Enjoy

I Am

" I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. "

" I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz. "

" I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people. "

" That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that. "

Rupert Friend

Thing

Comforting