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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. "

Rupert Friend

New Things

Work

Challenge

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

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Keep Moving

Moving

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

" My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English. "

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

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Time

Reason

" Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely. "

" Some are in it for the money, which is fine. Some of them are in it to be a movie star; that's another reason. Some actors - and this I never understand - will only play likeable characters. And if they're not likeable, they change them to be heroic. "

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

" Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around. "

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

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

" I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords. "

Rupert Friend

Places

Know

" I get bored quickly. Always have. Short attention span. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 do glamorous things. "

Rupert Friend

Things

Glamorous

" My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. "

" 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. "

" I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public. "

" I'm a dual citizen in a way. I live in the States and have a green card, so my connection to British politics is almost nonexistent. "

" 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 find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared. "

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

" The one thing I couldn't imagine is stopping still. "

" 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. "

" I'm a bit of a technophobe. "

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Bit

" This industry is too bonkers to understand. Every single part is completely different. "

" 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. "

Rupert Friend

Home

Friends

" 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. "