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" I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor. "

Rufus Sewell

Beginning

People

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I Am

Know

" People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. "

" I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life. "

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Life

Know

" Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back. "

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Jobs

Good

" Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose. "

" It's important to me to be in a relationship when I'm in one, but I'm not someone who needs to be in a relationship. "

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Relationship

Important

" Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing. "

" People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it. "

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Better

Impact

" I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays, I don't dine out and I take cheap flights. "

" My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective. "

" I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life. "

" I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could. "

" For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in. "

Rufus Sewell

Long Time

Time

" I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground. "

" The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse. "

" If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long. "

" I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while. "

" I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work. "

" Hollywood is my domestic idyll. "

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Domestic

Hollywood

" For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. "

" I want to be able to do anything. I know it's probably not reasonable to expect, but that's what I'd like to do. "

" I'd like an omelet named after me. "

Rufus Sewell

Omelet

Named

" I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart. "

" 'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous. "

" As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. "

" I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise. "

" I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that. "

" I don't think the roles that I'm necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn't think I was great in 'Arcadia.' I think it's a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention. "