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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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 only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling.
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I swim a lot. I swim most days.
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I actually went to university.
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I’m not that kind of Bob Dylan, tortured creative.
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Never agree to say or do anything that isn’t you.
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I didn’t have any pets growing up.
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Most actors are drawn towards historical tellings because it’s one of the most simple forms of storytelling.
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I’m not really an animal person.
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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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When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons.
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My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.
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Sexuality is a topic that has huge shifts in -society. Attitudes toward different sexualities change, but the actual sexuality of a human being is something that’s consistent, and it’s consistently interesting, and so people write about it.
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I don’t really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.
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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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I love music, and I love singing.
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Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.
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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 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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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 have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others.
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I am comfortable playing the fool, I think.
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I’m probably a little too uninhibited.
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We live in a youth-obsessed, aesthetically obsessed culture. That is no more evident than in the film industry.
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I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.
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