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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. "
Sean Bean
Marriage
Me
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" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "
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" If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it. "
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" Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material. "
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" There's something quite satisfying, quite reassuring about seeing a man having to survive. "
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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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" My mother and father raised their eyebrows at first when I said I wanted to be an actor because I was in this industrial city. My dad had done a bit of boxing on the side, but he was a welder first and foremost. I was 17, and I said, 'I want to be an actor.' They worried it was a waste of time. "
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" I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit. "
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" I love doing just nothing in my free time. "
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" Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't. "
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" Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith. "
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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'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point. "
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" I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy. "
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" I guess when we're young, we all have that fascination with flying. "
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" I don't believe you just create a character out of thin air, there's always something of yourself you bring. "
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" Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that was me Mam's advice anyway. "
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" You don't necessarily equate me with humor! "
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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 have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!' "
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" You can't follow another actor's performance. You can't be Robert DeNiro, because you're not Robert DeNiro, and, you know, he is. "
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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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" It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home. "
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