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" When I was younger, I used to watch all the black-and-white 'Dracula's and 'Frankenstein's. "
Sean Bean
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" If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it. "
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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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" I'd like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I've come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film. "
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" George Martin looks like Santa Claus, but he's got a wonderfully disturbed mind. "
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" It's a good thing about George R.R. Martin: He's prepared to kill off the main guys. You don't get the feeling that the good guy is going to last forever, like James Bond. "
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" Anyone who says they are a hard man - they aren't. "
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" I did a film called 'Patriot Games' with Harrison Ford, and we actually shot three different versions of my death. And they settled on the third. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" I miss a lot about England when I'm working away, even the slate grey skies. "
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" 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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" Obviously I'm delighted I'm a grandfather, but I guess it takes a little while to digest. You start thinking, 'Oh, I'm half-way over the natural life span. So this is the last bit, and I'd better enjoy it.' "
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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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" 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. "
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" I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him. "
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" It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home. "
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" Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that's all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn't see the ball. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I think Daniel Craig is brilliant as Bond. I remember at the beginning, they were all saying, 'Oh, he won't work,' and I thought, 'Yeah, you watch.' "
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" I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything. "
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" I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that. "
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" I can't imagine doing anything except acting. "
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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'm very good at keeping a secret. "
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" Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce. "
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" 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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