British - Actor | August 24, 1961 -
I was 17, and all I wanted to do was to get away from England and the awful, boring boarding schools I'd been going to there. The last one was taught by monks, and I couldn't wait to get out.
Jared Harris
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I personally am not religious. I think, put into the wrong hands, it's incredibly dangerous. It's the reason for most of the wars that have been fought around the world, and it's pretty ridiculous when you think about what they're actually arguing over.
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After 'Mad Men,' I got offered various types of uptight Englishmen, which I wasn't interested in doing. I didn't want to repeat myself.
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Dad was never a Mr. Mum-type of person who'd stay at home. It was a big thing when he was home - he was a circus.
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It's very hard to connect with a character when you haven't gotten a sense of who they are.
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I like challenges.
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If you're involved in filmmaking, you want to challenge yourself.
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Matt Weiner is an amazing writer. He's one of the best, greatest writers that's ever written for television - or just written.
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Here in England, my becoming an actor was considered unimaginative.
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I met Peter O'Toole for the first time at Dad's memorial service because my Dad didn't hang around with people like that when we were around. We didn't grow up with Richard Burton coming around to tea.
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One of the reasons why good actors are good is that they have poor impulse control. If you put them in front of a camera, they respond as if it was actually happening, in real time, rather than doing it after several takes.
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I miss 'Mad Men,' but I can't complain because I got a lot of public awareness from it, and it led on to film offers such as 'Sherlock.'
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