I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.
BEN BARNESMost actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it’s one of the most simple forms of storytelling.
More Ben Barnes Quotes
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Never agree to say or do anything that isn’t you.
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I can’t run. I start getting twinges. If I were filmed running, it would be awful.
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I swim a lot. I swim most days.
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I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.
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My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.
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I am comfortable playing the fool, I think.
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When you’re doing a film, people are always telling you exactly what to do. Literally, your own decisions are taken away from you.
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I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.
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I want to play characters that are interesting to watch.
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I’m not really an animal person.
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I would like to work with whoever would like to have me.
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Half my fan mail comes from Japan.
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I don’t really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out.
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I think if actors don’t think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can’t do comedy.
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I’m not that kind of Bob Dylan, tortured creative.
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