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" I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be close to the girl, so I followed her into an audition. "

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" I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that. "

Lennie James

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" I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored. "

" I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport. "

" I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh. "

" I'd really like to go Sydney. I've been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there. "

Lennie James

Australia

" The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks! "

" One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it. "

" One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation. "

" My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue. "

Lennie James

Interesting

Internal

" I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films. "

Lennie James

Generation

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" My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing. "

" The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that. "

" When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace. "

" The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that. "

" I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job. "

" I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other. "

Lennie James

Someone

" If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications. "

" I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. "

" I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with. "

" I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get dressed up for a night out in my white socks and loafers, and the last thing I'd hear is, 'Have a good night - be careful of the police.' "

" I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film. "

" I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was 16 and I wrote my first play when I was 17. "

" I'm not setting 'Jericho' up to be anything other than what it is, which is, you know, a piece of good, well thought-out, well put-together TV and entertainment. "

Lennie James

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