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" I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art. "

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Politics

Connection

" There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy. "

" I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me. "

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Only

Nothing

" I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. "

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

" 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 was bullied a lot... doing anything overly well was punished by the kids. "

" One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control. "

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Control

Happiness

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

" The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged. "

" Wood is weirdly a big passion of mine. I really love it, all the way from trees to a finished table. The fact that it was alive and that each piece is different. "

" You fire blanks, but the guns eject real brass, hot cartridges. They're, like, 400 degrees. "

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Fire

Guns

" 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. "

" My grandfather, who is English, was a member of a gentleman's club called the Caledonian, which you can only be a member of if you have Scottish lineage. "

" It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. "

" If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. "

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

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Keep Moving

Moving

" I love learning things, whether it's a language or Philippine knife-fighting or the Viennese waltz. "

" I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. "

Rupert Friend

World

Events

" The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing. "

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

" It's all very brilliant to build bridges and buildings, but long after we're gone, it will be the natural things in this world which will still be here. "

" I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people. "

" 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. "

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Enjoy

I Am

" I was quite solitary for 'Hitman.' I was quite apart. He struck me as a very sad individual. There was a mournful quality there. "

" I have to be absolutely drawn to the project. If you're ashamed or bored by it at the beginning, it's going to be a pretty nightmarish thing. "

" 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 only do the press for the work. I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote or endorse things or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. "

" Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with art - people shouldn't read too much before they explore. "

" 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