English - Actor | June 21, 1964 -
I owe my mum a sense of family. She has kept our family together. I have two brothers and a sister, and they all live a stone's throw away from each other in Liverpool.
David Morrissey
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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.
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I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.
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I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.
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The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.
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I like to act because I can forget about everything else.
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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.
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When I came to London as a young man, I was very excited by it and that's never gone away.
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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.
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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.
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I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.
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My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour.
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