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" I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me. "
Rupert Friend
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" I've never thought it was a good idea to act back-to-back. "
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" 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. "
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" I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The album is called 'Everything We Hold,' and you can hear my lyrics. "
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" If I make a film about now, the minute it was done, it wouldn't be about now; it'd be about then. "
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" 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. "
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Change
Play
" I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind. "
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Believe
Empathy
" I've never been to war, and I would never presume to fully understand the horrors that that kind of experience can impart. "
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" I went to a drama club when I was little, but it was more of an excuse to flirt with girls than anything else. We never put on plays. "
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Club
" 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. "
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Great
Saying
" 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. "
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Connection
I Can
Grandparents
" I'm a bit of a technophobe. "
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" The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice. "
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People
Change
Voice
" If you are going to have any chance of replicating life, you need to live it. "
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You
Chance
Going
" Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed. "
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Acceptance
Think
Interesting
" Seeing, say, 'My Left Foot,' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.' How is that the same person? Or people like Johnny Depp, who can play Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands. I am so interested in the transformation, in not knowing anything about them and watching somebody create a character. I'm not really interested in personalities. "
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Transformation
People
I Am
" I believe in allowing an audience the opportunity to make up their own mind. "
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Mind
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" I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. "
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People
You
" 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. "
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Always
Sides
Playing
" The most contemporary film I can think of is your standard romantic comedy, but the minute you make them, they already look so aged. "
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Film
" What theatre people love about theatre - and I totally understand it, I just don't share it - is that they feel they mint something afresh every night. Because I would rather do something until I've done it and then know it's done. New day, next thing! "
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" 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. "
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Magic
Joy
" I've never really thought about settling down anywhere. I like to keep moving. "
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Moving
" This industry is too bonkers to understand. Every single part is completely different. "
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Different
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Single
" I don't do glamorous things. "
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Things
Glamorous
" I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. "
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Reputation
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People
" Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around. "
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Walk
Place
Beautiful Place
" 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. "
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Live
Politics
Connection
" I'm not a big fan of people telling each other what to do, I'll say that. "
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Big Fan
Fan
" I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared. "
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