English - Actor | October 29, 1967 -
I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life.
Rufus Sewell
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People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.
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I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart.
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I don't think the roles that I'm necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn't think I was great in 'Arcadia.' I think it's a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention.
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I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.
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If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long.
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I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.
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I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily.
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I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.
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I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.
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Hollywood is my domestic idyll.
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My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.
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