When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that. — Lennie James Copy Share
I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with. — Lennie James Copy Share
I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer. — Lennie James Copy Share
My foster mother wanted to create a family home. For me, she had made a place that I felt I could always go back… — Lennie James Copy Share
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is… — Lennie James Copy Share
In the kids' home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because they were… — Lennie James Copy Share
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting.… — Lennie James Copy Share
I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who… — Lennie James Copy Share
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to… — Lennie James Copy Share
I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way,… — Lennie James Copy Share
I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the… — Lennie James Copy Share
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. — Lennie James Copy Share
We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run. — Lennie James Copy Share
If you're very clearly good or you're very clearly bad, then there isn't that much internal dilemma going on, and that's not necessarily as… — Lennie James Copy Share
