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" The world is enormously dangerous and scary. I worry very much for my daughter. I'm not sure we're in control any more, and I think the Internet is partly responsible for that. "

David Thewlis

World

Think

Control

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" I see people around me with very unhappy love lives, who may have held out for that perfect somebody. And the failure to achieve that brings along a lot of bitterness which is very unattractive; therefore they're probably less likely to achieve it. "

David Thewlis

Failure

Love

" I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do. "

" I don't think they should trust anything that happens in 'Fargo' at all, and I'm sure 'Fargo' fans know not to make the mistake of trusting too much. "

" It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie. "

" 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. "

" Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance. "

David Thewlis

Performance

Interesting

" I think the most beautiful sound is a child laughing. "

" 'An Inspector Calls' is a British classic, and I am thrilled to be working on this beautiful screen adaptation with Aisling Walsh. "

David Thewlis

I Am

Working

" And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

David Thewlis

Great

People

" It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. "

" You always have to look for something beautiful wherever you go. "

David Thewlis

You

Look

" I wanted to do 'Fargo' rather than do a TV production. I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family. "

" Trying to keep a relationship going on the phone is disastrous. "

" I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time. "

" I've never been that bothered about doing stage or television. I just love doing films. With theatre, it goes on night after night. "

" I can remember, after I started doing films, my mum began going to more arthouse films. She went to see 'Edward Scissorhands' and phoned me up and said: 'What was that all about? He had scissors on his hands.' Good question. I think she should review films on Channel 4. "

David Thewlis

Good

Think

" I usually do watch what I've done because I think it's important. I think you can learn from it and see what you thought you were doing and what ends up on the screen. "

" I could, of course, have written about the film world and the jealousy there and the frequent belief that others don't have talent. But, for some reason, it just struck me to write about art. "

David Thewlis

Talent

World

" I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. "

" You can't actually be just a movie actor in Britain, because we don't make that many movies. "

" It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries. "

" The whole question of 'What is truth?' seemed to be the theme of Trump's presidency. "

" I don't think its good for the soul to invest too much of yourself in technology. "

" I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant. "

" 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. "

" In 'Seven Years In Tibet,' I played a Buddhist. But I'm not religious at all, really. "