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> [Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/some-british-actors-are-snobby-about-telly-and-i-don-t-understand-that/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

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## More by Matthew Macfadyen

> [It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/it-s-a-real-skill-to-be-able-to-publicise-yourself/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-did-four-or-five-years-in-telly-and-by-the-end-of-it-was-drained-i/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-ve-worried-more-and-more-as-the-years-have-gone-on-the-more-you-re/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-have-felt-some-twinges-recently-about-parts-i-wanted-to-play-that-i/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-would-hate-not-to-do-a-play-every-couple-of-years-i-think-it-s-not/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-think-it-sits-quite-happily-with-me-the-condition-of-being-an-actor/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/it-must-be-odd-being-recognisable-i-would-hate-to-lose-that-anonymity/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/no-one-will-guide-you-in-the-right-direction-in-the-end-you-have-to/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-was-quite-a-shy-child-i-would-get-terribly-nervous-and-throw-up/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/the-actor-in-me-would-always-like-to-be-more-dashing-or-slimmer-or/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-think-i-do-have-a-good-eye-it-s-quite-liberating-being-in-a/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-d-auditioned-for-the-national-youth-theatre-and-i-didn-t-get-a/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-can-t-throw-books-away-my-wife-is-always-telling-me-to-get-rid-of/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-wouldn-t-want-to-leave-it-so-long-before-doing-a-play-again-i-get/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/some-british-actors-are-snobby-about-telly-and-i-don-t-understand-that/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

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