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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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" My first professional role was in 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo's enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K. "

Sean Bean

Small

Enemy

First

" I love to be with my kid in Yorkshire. I love it there. "

" Of course I believe in love despite four divorces. There is nobody who doesn't believe in love. But marriage - that fits some people but obviously not me. "

Sean Bean

Marriage

Believe

" Sometimes all you need is a big leap of faith. "

" It is great filming in London. It's difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity. "

" 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. "

" It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home. "

" 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.' "

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

" I seem to be quite drawn to the medieval, magical fantasies, as it were. "

" 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. "

" Jimmy McGovern - I love his writing, and I'm a big fan of him and Alan Clarke. "

" The media portrayal of women is always angled towards looking thinner and skinnier and... that's not good. "

" I'm not bad at singing - at least in the shower. "

" I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be. "

" It would probably surprise people to know that I'm interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too. "

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

" 006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. "

" I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy. "

" As an actor, you're in the hands of producers and directors. It's important to find out who you're working with. "

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

Sean Bean

Away

Home

" I can't imagine doing anything except acting. "

" I don't believe you just create a character out of thin air, there's always something of yourself you bring. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I used to play a lot of villains. You have to break out of it, and I did. "