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" You always have to look for something beautiful wherever you go. "
David Thewlis
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" Most parts I've played since 'Naked,' I can barely remember who they were, let alone repeat any lines. "
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" That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing. "
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" I used to write out of angst. My writing was quite miserable, quite angry, even when it was funny. It was based on this sadness and tired emotional disdain for the world. "
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" We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it. "
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" I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record. "
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" I had such a nice time making it, and I can't wait to make the fifth one. The whole crew were just really, really lovely. All the costume people, the make-up girls, the kids - even my driver. "
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" It's certainly not easy having to spend a lot of time apart, and having a five-year-old child who's got to be at school. So we need to learn how to organize our time really well because for months we will be in two different countries. "
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" It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. "
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" In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.' "
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" People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along. "
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" The thing about 'Harry Potter' is it's great fun because of the people - I was usually with Julie Walters and Mark Williams, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, and the kids. Wonderful, funny, amazing people. If you're going to hang around on a set bored, you might as well do it with Julie Walters. "
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" I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes. "
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" I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. "
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" I love being a dad. "
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" I was still listening to the Beatles until I came here, you know. "
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" I usually do watch what I've done because I think it's important. I think you can learn from it and see what you thought you were doing and what ends up on the screen. "
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You
" One can only improvise what one knows. "
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Only
Knows
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" The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it. "
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" What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today? "
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World
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" Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad, 'I'm going to write a book. You'll see.' So when I did ,and it was published, and people liked it, it was great. "
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" I think Varga is a manifestation, certainly, and someone who can thrive and profit from the world's failure and has worked out the operation, whatever the operation may be, that he's about, which will remain a mystery. "
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" Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house. "
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" I paint a bit myself. My house in Clerkenwell has a room that is done up like a big installation. "
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" And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed. "
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