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" I've got the biggest crush on Patti Smith. "
Shaun Evans
Smith
Biggest
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" I think until you reach your mid-30s, there's either a real acceptance of where you are or a resignation of where you are. "
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" Everyone brings their top game to Endeavour. We're very lucky. I'm glad people love it because that's our intention. "
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" I'm a total Luddite when it comes to gadgets and technology. "
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" I'm delighted to be working on 'Casualty.' It's a terrific cast and crew, and I'm very grateful for the opportunity. "
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" I think when you're in the middle of a piece of work, there are things that bleed over into your life. You're spending a large portion of your day pretending to be somebody else, to tell somebody else's story. "
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" I think it is OK to surprise people. "
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" Everything has to keep moving forward in 'Endeavour.' Otherwise, it will stagnate. "
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" When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh. "
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" If you put too much pressure on the idea of people watching you, it stops you being able to watch people. "
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" I want people of my generation who've never seen 'Endeavour' before to enjoy this series. "
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" Part of being alive is dying as well. "
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" I guess I've always been something of an outsider. "
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" I don't really think of myself as the sporty type. But I'll have a go at anything. "
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" I think it's a falsehood to think you can have some kind of plan. Acting isn't like that, it's more vocational, I think. "
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" It's good for a story to have a strong style. "
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" While I try and give as much energy, enthusiasm and detail to any work I do, if I keep coming back to it, to the same people year after year, there's an attachment. But you don't want anything to become comfortable. "
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" It helps to be more interested in other people than you are in yourself. Inhabiting other characters is what I do. "
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" My brother and I loved 'ThunderCats' and Robin Williams coming out of an egg in 'Mork & Mindy.' At the time, I thought it was funny, but looking back, it was a crazy concept! "
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" As a kid, I was always more interested in watching others than being the centre of attention. I've always felt that you can see a lot more and learn a lot more when you're standing on the edge. "
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" There is no point in being lazy. "
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" Loner heroes do appeal to that part of yourself that feels as though your genius hasn't been recognised. "
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" I don't do any social media. I'm not on Facebook or Twitter. I'm just not interested. "
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" In Liverpool, where I live, we have a brilliant library which has been refurbished, and I like going there. "
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" I used to have an aunty who read tea leaves. She was incredibly accurate. "
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" If I can be dead honest with you, when I first see the script for a new episode of 'Endeavour,' if anything jars, I say, 'What's this? Has it got a place in our story?' And if it hasn't, it has to go. "
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" Ultimately, my boss is the audience. "
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" Don't be losing sleep over tiny things. Life is complicated enough. "
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" Acting is an amazing job. I'm very lucky to do it, and when you're working with terrific people, telling stories you care about, and know it reaches an audience who care about it, too, there is an escapism in that. "
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" I'm a big reader. And I take a lot of pictures, do a lot of writing. "
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