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" My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs. "

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" I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing. "

Rupert Friend

Think

Weird

Process

" It's an imaginative thing we do; it's about immersing oneself in one's imagination. If you're a novelist, you do it with pen and paper. We do it with our bodies. "

" I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice. "

" 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'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. "

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

" That routine thing is not comforting to me. It's the opposite to that. "

Rupert Friend

Thing

Comforting

" There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around. "

" I am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it. "

" 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've never got on with recipes. Free yourself - throw them out! "

" I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist. "

" I find it quite unsettling if I'm doing the same thing that I did yesterday. "

" It might look like some incredibly complicated map to get from English period films to American action anti-heroes, but it really is just about not having a plan. "

Rupert Friend

American

Plan

" Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. "

" 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

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

" 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. "

" I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. "

" 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. "

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

" I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. "

" 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! "

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

" I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over. "

" I'm a terrible dancer. "

Rupert Friend

Dancer

Terrible

" We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems. "

Rupert Friend

Television

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