I’ve always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I’m an actor, but felt sorry for me because they’d never seen anything I’ve done.
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When I do a play, it’s like agreeing to be ill for a couple of months.
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Jerry Bruckheimer says that he makes films that he would want to see, and it seems that that coincides with what a lot of people want to see.
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I never go on the net or the web, or whatever it’s called.
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When you have a family, or even when you’re just seeing a girl, it’s difficult to be skint.
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You can ruin your life wanting to be an actor.
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I’m not an actor who consciously accesses bits of my life, in order to play parts. Obviously, you don’t need to have been a father to play one, otherwise everyone who’s been a father would be able to act.
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I’m just aware of what I’m thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium.
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When a movie is called ‘searingly honest,’ it’s almost invariably grim and demonstrates how bad things can get.
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I would like to change everything, but obviously not everything. I’ve been incredibly fortunate. I guess everybody would do this, but I’d go back to my younger self and say, “Lighten up. Take it easy. Relax. Don’t be so anxious about everything.
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I don’t spend a lot of time with anybody.
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I generally do things I’m proud to be in and generally I’m in things people like.
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I have never owned a computer. I am one of those weirdos. I’ve never needed a computer. I’m lucky that I have a job where I’m not required to use one.
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If I’m going to appear in front of people I like to look my best.
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Standing in front of a fake mountain with fake snow falling and seven girls dressed as Santarettes will stay in my memory.
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Hunger is almost like something the West does. It’s almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.
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