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" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head. "

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" The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation. "

Sean Bean

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Situation

Space

" My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time. "

" My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over. "

" Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually. "

" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "

" I left school when I was 16; then I worked for my father, who was a welder. And I was a welder for three years, you know, welder of fabrication, metal 'cause it was a big industrial town, Sheffield. It was much steel and coal and stuff like that. "

" Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke. "

" I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives. "

" I am quite quiet: I don't feel as though I have to express myself with words too often. Maybe I should do more. "

" When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him. "

Sean Bean

Work

People

" There's something quite satisfying, quite reassuring about seeing a man having to survive. "

" I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain! "

" I never try and play a bad guy to be bad and to be brutal and to be nasty and vicious, because I think you're going to be very cliche there. You know, you've got to find the truth in that character and what he believes in. It just happens that, you know, he's wrong. "

" I think the amount of production value that was put into 'Game of Thrones' was incredible, and it's unlike anything I've seen on any other production, including 'The Lord of the Rings.' "

" The media portrayal of women is always angled towards looking thinner and skinnier and... that's not good. "

" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "

" I can't imagine doing anything except acting. "

" Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional. "

" Working in a garden calms me down. "

Sean Bean

Calms

Down

" I'd like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I've come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film. "

" Football is a passionate game. It excites us. "

" I'm very good at keeping a secret. "

" Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. "

Sean Bean

Gary

Immerse

" It's a good thing about George R.R. Martin: He's prepared to kill off the main guys. You don't get the feeling that the good guy is going to last forever, like James Bond. "

" Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce. "

" I seem to be quite drawn to the medieval, magical fantasies, as it were. "

" I shared a dressing room with Pete Postlethwaite for 18 months, and he became a good friend. His discipline had an impact on me. You could have a laugh with him, but he was always on the ball when it came to work and very professional. Hopefully some of that rubbed off on me. "

" I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it. "

" It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home. "

Sean Bean

Away

Home

" I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house. "