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" When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great. "

Matthew Lewis

Bond

Great

Hero

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Matthew Lewis

Feel

" I live in Leeds, which is about 200 miles north of London, and I get to go and do all the 'Harry Potter' stuff and make great films and be part of this wonderful thing all around the world, and then I get to go home and chill out with my friends in Leeds and go watch the football and go to the pub. "

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Matthew Lewis

Professional

Very

" Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there. "

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Limit

Myself

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Matthew Lewis

Going

Actor