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" I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy. "
David Thewlis
Talk
Always
Comedy
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" People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along. "
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" Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great. "
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" After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week. "
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" It was so boring, and 'Dragonheart' was so unchallenging - there was no research involved or any rehearsal. So I was in my hotel room every night with no English-language TV except 'Beavis and Butt-head' at 10 o'clock every night. "
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" It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American. "
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" I kind of drifted into acting through a series of coincidences. "
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" That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing. "
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" Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience. "
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" The thing about 'Harry Potter' is it's great fun because of the people - I was usually with Julie Walters and Mark Williams, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, and the kids. Wonderful, funny, amazing people. If you're going to hang around on a set bored, you might as well do it with Julie Walters. "
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" I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know. "
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" No matter what one looks at and finds temporarily pleasing, it can never be as beautiful as just a tree, really. "
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Tree
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" 'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality. "
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Me
American
" What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today? "
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Truth
World
" In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.' "
David Thewlis
Fire
Read
" We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it. "
David Thewlis
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" The whole question of 'What is truth?' seemed to be the theme of Trump's presidency. "
David Thewlis
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" I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver. "
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Wait
Nice
" I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read books 2 or 3. I'd just read a bit of it. And I'd seen the films. "
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" I often do that with characters, going back to my bloody drama-school days, in terms of equating them with creatures. And it's very much there as a theme of all the seasons of 'Fargo' as well: the predator and the prey. "
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" I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally. "
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" For years, I've been mistaken for Rhys Ifans. All the time. People come up and say, 'Notting Hill?' I nearly got beaten up once for not being Rhys. "
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" I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was. "
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" I often draw from people in my own experience to base a character on, going back to my days with Mike Leigh. "
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" Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for. "
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" 'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and I've enjoyed the travel that goes along with that. "
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" I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. "
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" I enjoy things that are so far away from me; that's why, when I play things that are a little bit closer to me, I get really bored. When it's something that's the antithesis of what I am, there's much more to lose yourself in. "
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" I was interested in the idea of celebrity... some very untalented people getting very successful and making a lot of money for not a lot of work, sometimes. "
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" I met the Coens here a few years ago and they said they liked my work. "
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