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" There's only so long you can play the silent type standing in the background. 'GoldenEye' was good for that. I was the villain: James Bond was doing all the heavy lifting. I liked that. "
Sean Bean
Long
Villain
You
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" You can run out of energy if you take on a lot of stuff. "
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" The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now. "
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Now
Stigma
" Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't. "
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Man
Who
" 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. "
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House
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" I love creating things, especially out of metal. There's something truly satisfying about shaping a piece of metal and seeing the impurities peeling away as you weld it into your chosen design. "
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Design
You
Seeing
" 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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Good
Friend
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" I'm interested in why people talk like they do. Like Boston Irish. It's so laid back. Why is that? "
Sean Bean
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Back
Talk
" I had to go to Hollywood to recharge my career. "
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Go
Hollywood
Career
" 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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Moon
Always
Film
" I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It's not one mass or tribe. Everybody's got a different story. "
Sean Bean
Story
Think
Tribe
" Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually. "
Sean Bean
Happen
World
Story
" George Martin looks like Santa Claus, but he's got a wonderfully disturbed mind. "
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Disturbed
Got
He
" Football is a passionate game. It excites us. "
Sean Bean
Excites
Passionate
Game
" Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce. "
Sean Bean
Creating
Vibrant
Real
" 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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Actor
Know
You
" At art college, I started to do music and then painting and drawing - and that would have been my ideal life, to be an artist and be paid for it, to be able to create stuff. I realized it was difficult, but I don't know if I had the application for it. "
Sean Bean
Music
Art
College
" Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming. It's one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, so emotional. "
Sean Bean
Year
Emotional
Space
" 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. "
Sean Bean
Quality
About
Write
" I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else. "
Sean Bean
Perspective
Time
Day
" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "
Sean Bean
Wildlife
Surprise
Poetry
" I've been into lots of auditions, and I'm sure I've lost a lot of jobs through that because I'm pretty dreadful at reading. "
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Pretty
Through
Because
" I've been accused of being a bit too keen on my football, not least by my three ex-wives. "
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Been
Too
Three
" It's a good thing to be typecast, isn't it? "
Sean Bean
Thing
Good
A Good Thing
" Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease. "
Sean Bean
Shy
Character
Confidence
" I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain! "
Sean Bean
Time
Good
Rain
" 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. "
Sean Bean
Fun
Sword
Think
" I'm very good at keeping a secret. "
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Good
Secret
Very
" The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation. "
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Think
Situation
Space
" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "
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Watch
Black-And-White
Used
" I shared a dressing room with Pete Postlethwaite for 18 months, and he became a good friend. His discipline had an impact on me. You could have a laugh with him, but he was always on the ball when it came to work and very professional. Hopefully some of that rubbed off on me. "
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Good
Laugh
Discipline