Sean Bean

To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!

— Sean Bean

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to…

— Sean Bean

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.

— Sean Bean

I like to keep myself in shape. I run and do weights when I go to the gym.

— Sean Bean

If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

— Sean Bean

I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.

— Sean Bean

I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but…

— Sean Bean

Every actor wants to find a piece of work that's innovative and powerful and moving.

— Sean Bean

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just…

— Sean Bean

It was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so…

— Sean Bean

Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's…

— Sean Bean

Oblivion is something unique, an entertainment experience unlike anything I had seen before. I decided this was a project I really wanted…

— Sean Bean

Listen to people and treat people as you find them. There's an inherent goodness in most people. Don't pre-judge people - that…

— Sean Bean

You've only got to walk into a pub or a café or anything and you'll find people talking about topics they're very…

— Sean Bean

I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime…

— Sean Bean

I always prefer to work intensively on something and then move on to something else. I prefer not to get stuck in…

— Sean Bean

Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier,…

— Sean Bean

A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty…

— Sean Bean

Lord of the Rings was something I always wanted to do. I read the book when I was about 25, and I…

— Sean Bean

I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess…

— Sean Bean

The idea is that Jodie Foster is with her child and she's going back to New York from Germany with her husband's…

— Sean Bean

I go to see my kids in school plays, ... I watched Lorna in a concert at the Westminster College of Music…

— Sean Bean

Lord of the Rings was just so much enjoyment. It was over about the space of a year that I was filming.…

— Sean Bean

You only have to pick up a paper to see the sort of scams and injustices that are out there. There's a…

— Sean Bean

I think everybody's got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and…

— Sean Bean

Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were…

— Sean Bean

I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to…

— Sean Bean

There's a wealth of literature out there which, hopefully, will be, you know, exploded in the future, and I personally find it…

— Sean Bean

I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can…

— Sean Bean