English - Actor | March 20, 1963 -
Dad worked in the same shop, behind the same counter, five or six days a week, for 38 years, and hated it.
David Thewlis
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'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and I've enjoyed the travel that goes along with that.
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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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What we do is ridiculous! I think that even when what I'm doing is serious, even when I'm not turning into a werewolf. It's a silly thing to do, isn't it? It's what you do in the playground when you're kids - but actors just never stop doing it.
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I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the set, and sometimes you haven't even met the other actor, or the woman who's playing your wife, and you're suddenly in bed with them.'
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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 adore children. If I weren't an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company.
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I think the most beautiful sound is a child laughing.
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Trying to keep a relationship going on the phone is disastrous.
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Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience.
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In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.'
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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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