English - Actor | October 17, 1974 -
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.
Matthew Macfadyen
DoingLongToo MuchPlayWantLeave
There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.
CharacterYouBoringActorAlways
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.
BirthdayChildFeelPartyNervous
Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?
MoneyYouGoHollywoodWhyEarning
It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.
HateMeLoseNowAnonymityHappened
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.
GoodCharacterPeopleThinkSpark
I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.
WorkLovePeopleMeThinkDoing
The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.'
LifeWorkYourselfPeopleLuckYou
You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.
YouPlayNeverStartedWorrying
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.
TimePeopleThinkFeelThingsOff
I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.
YouthTheatrePlaceGetTerrifying
You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it.
ThinkYouKnowNeverGoingI Think
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Matthew Macfadyen quotes