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" There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it very rewarding to be involved with classic storytelling, and sort of legendary characters. "

Sean Bean

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Man

Kind

" I don't do much on social media. I don't really want people knowing about my life. "

" When I first finished 'Sharpe,' it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him. "

Sean Bean

Work

People

" Football is a passionate game. It excites us. "

" I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that. "

" 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. "

Sean Bean

I Am

Man

" I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you. "

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" It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home. "

Sean Bean

Away

Home

" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "

" 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. "

" George Martin looks like Santa Claus, but he's got a wonderfully disturbed mind. "

Sean Bean

Disturbed

Got

" All this focus on my private life is the most unappealing aspect of being an actor. I don't like it, but it goes with the territory, and I have to put up with it. I certainly don't set out to attract attention. "

Sean Bean

Attention

Private Life

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" I saw 'The Exorcist' at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren't in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house. "

" 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!' "

Sean Bean

Funny

Face

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" I don't like broad swords. They're not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there's not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don't think anyway. "