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" When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing about. "

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" I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings. "

David Morrissey

House

Beautiful

Family

" My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office. "

" The great thing about coming from where I come from - Liverpool and my family - is that we're very close. I have a great relationship with my siblings and their kids. "

" I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. "

" When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything. "

" I'm the youngest of four kids. There's something in me that will always be the youngest child, will always look up to people when they don't necessarily need it. "

David Morrissey

Need

Child

" I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human. "

" Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance. "

" I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project. "

" All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five. "

" I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting. "

" It's always good to find out what you don't want to do. "

" I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again. "

" My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour. "

" Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic. "

" When I came to London as a young man, I was very excited by it and that's never gone away. "

" The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys. "

" I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America. "

" You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person. "

" In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity. "

" I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year. "

" Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming. "

" When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard. "

" I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery. "

" The great thing about being an actor is things happen to you very quickly. I like to put myself in the way of surprise. "

" It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning. "

" I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere. "

" All actors think every job will be their last. "

" As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once. "

" I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally. "

David Morrissey

Directing

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