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" If you don't finish a day of stunts with a lot of bruises, you feel like you haven't done it right. "
Theo James
Right
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" I did my share of kid acting, like lots of us do. I even played King Herod when I was 6, but when I got to the end of my school period, that was it. "
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" 'Divergent' is a story about people who don't fit into a category - that is a big part of the message - but it's also about conformity and forcing people into these simple archetypes. At the end of the day, humans don't exist like that. We're multifaceted. "
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" I had a pretty steep learning curve in film - as I'm still learning. "
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" I think the best way to become a character is by osmosis as opposed to thinking directly about stuff. "
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" People say that New Yorkers aren't friendly, but I think they're more friendly than Londoners. Here there is a front-footed nature of Americans. You can go out on a night out and meet 10 random people and stay in touch with them, whereas that's not going to happen in the same way in London. "
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" I was in New Zealand and met this girl. Her sister dared me to bungee jump, so I did! It was a spur-of-the-moment decision - I wanted to impress the girl, and it worked! We were in a relationship after that. "
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" My obsession is plastic packaging. It makes me sick, all the waste. Everything about it disappoints me. "
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" British shows, especially on a first commission, don't get the cash that the U.S. shows get. "
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" I'm definitely a joker. "
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" Let's see... I have a thing for pretty legs. But most importantly, I like confident women. "
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" I was thinking recently, I've always loved the ocean. If I could do it all again, I might do an oceanography degree. You can do ocean archaeology, and I thought that might be fascinating to do - man-made structures, where the sea has risen above the structures. "
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" New York cops are very specific in terms of the way they talk and the way they handle themselves. "
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" Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to. "
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" I've got two brothers and two sisters, so there's five of us and we're all very close, which is cool. "
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" I don't think I believe in ghosts, per se. But, my nearest experience was when I went on a weekend away and was in a bar in England, years ago, with an ex-girlfriend. I heard this scratching. I was about to go to bed and I was thinking, 'It's an old ghost.' I could hear this noise, but I couldn't work out where it was coming from. "
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" I'm a pessimist by nature, so I don't believe something until someone has kind of punched me over the head with it. "
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" I have the same friends I've had for years and the same family. Unless you love rock n' roll and Hollywood parties and having your photo taken, I don't think necessarily things need to change too much. "
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" I've been part of five different bands in my time. "
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" I know I often get a job because of how I look. I hope that I keep the job because of how I act. "
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" One of my fears would be getting torn apart by a great white shark. I love the ocean, but I always have this deep fear of getting torn apart by a great whitey. "
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" Read more. Read every time you go to bed; read in the day - because at least, reading a book, you can't be distracted by anything else. "
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" I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky. "
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" It's frustrating we still don't see more movies featuring strong women. "
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" I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays. "
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" In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there is a leadership element, which was a learning curve for me because it is very different culturally. In Britain, you just do it, leave and say, 'Thanks.' "
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