English - Actor | June 3, 1964 -
When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film.
James Purefoy
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You really need to learn how to turn it on for 'action' and off for 'cut.'
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I have no problem with television as a genre.
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There are only a few TV networks that really invest in production in the way that I think they should. HBO, obviously, is one of them.
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One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.
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Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
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I really do want to just be able to sit in the corner of the pub with my friends... to just be an actor and still go to the supermarket and not get bothered.
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If you find yourself always playing the villain, or if you find yourself being typecast into a corner where you're not happy then that's probably rather miserable, but if I have been typecast I am quite happy about it.
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I think the older I get, the less I should be doing.
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I do live a weirdly divided life, because I'm not a Hollywood superstar, I don't live on Malibu Beach, I don't do massive 'OK!' spreads, I don't go to premieres and parties that much.
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Somerset is where I call home, and where I feel most myself.
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Hospitals are very extreme places - you can be in a maternity room one minute, and by someone's bedside as they're dying the next.
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