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" Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke. "
Sean Bean
Fan
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Big Fan
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" I think Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond. I remember at the beginning, they were all saying, 'Oh, he won't work,' and I thought, 'Yeah, you watch.' "
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" Football is a passionate game. It excites us. "
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" I don't think I've ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role - I just see what comes up. "
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" When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him. "
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" I really got my money's worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out, and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers. "
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" If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it. "
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" Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I was always hoping if it was ever made into a feature film that I would be involved in some way. And then I finally got it, and I was over the moon. It was fantastic news. "
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" I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters. "
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" I love doing just nothing in my free time. "
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" I think the amount of production value that was put into 'Game of Thrones' was incredible, and it's unlike anything I've seen on any other production, including 'The Lord of the Rings.' "
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" A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "
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" I always get nervous before a scene. "
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" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "
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" I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be. "
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" Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that's all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn't see the ball. "
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" I go to see my kids in school plays. "
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" My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. "
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" Of course I believe in love despite four divorces. There is nobody who doesn't believe in love. But marriage - that fits some people but obviously not me. "
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" It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity. "
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" I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "
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" I used to love wildlife as a kid and being outside in the garden and the woods and the field and that stuff. "
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" I like Daniel Craig. I worked with him on 'Sharpe,' one of the very early ones, maybe the second one we did - 'Sharpe's Revenge?' A long, long time ago, and he was good in that then. "
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" In theatre, once you've got the character and you've got things together, you can relax into it. Film has a different feel - you don't get that through line of not stopping. Theatre is like a snowball gathering momentum and getting bigger, whereas in film, it's a bit stop and start - but you do tend to adjust to that quite easily. "
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" I guess when we're young, we all have that fascination with flying. "
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" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "
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" I bought a Jaguar when I was 28. I'd always wanted one. I had it for years, then my friend had it, then my dad had it. It was a good workhorse. "
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" Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts. "
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" You don't necessarily equate me with humor! "
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" I wouldn't say I'm a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I'm playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head. "
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