Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough. — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
Theres something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as… — Damian Lewis Copy Share Image
I always resented Tom [Hardy] for turning up on Band Of Brothers and getting the girl — in fact, the only girl in a… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single. — Damian Lewis Copy Share
None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden.… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No. — Damian Lewis Copy Share
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… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
It was pretty daunting. Normally, I never go to a gym, but before we started shooting, I thought I'd better. I reckoned I was… — Damian Lewis Copy Share
I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent. — Damian Lewis Copy Share
![“You never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control…” quote by Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3b4/damian-lewis-3773_actor_you-never-know-when-you-re-taking-a-job_1702940.jpg)
