Damian Lewis quotes - page 2

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation. (Damian Lewis)
I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes. View quote
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo. View quote
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I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet. View quote
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You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.' View quote
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I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something. View quote
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It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only. View quote
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In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level. View quote
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There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you. View quote
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I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough. View quote
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In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' (Damian Lewis)
Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people. View quote
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Quiet people, people who aren't given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - they're also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting. View quote
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There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so. View quote
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