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> [If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/if-you-think-you-don-t-want-to-play-another-psychopath-but-the-script/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

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## More by Damian Lewis

> [The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/the-best-shows-succeed-because-they-tap-into-a-national-conversation/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [People need revelation, and then they need resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/people-need-revelation-and-then-they-need-resolution/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [ I always resented Tom \[Hardy\] for turning up on Band Of Brothers and getting the girl — in fact, the only girl in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/i-always-resented-tom-hardy-for-turning-up-on-band-of-brothers-and/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/we-had-a-good-time-mucking-about-during-band-of-brothers-when-we-were/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/that-s-all-you-can-do-as-an-actor-take-the-best-thing-available/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/none-of-us-remember-knew-that-9-11-was-gonna-happen-we-didn-t-live-in/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/television-audiences-are-ruthless-look-what-happened-to-the-killing/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/i-ve-always-had-a-work-hard-play-hard-attitude-to-life-i-still-do-but/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/if-you-only-do-issue-based-drama-you-can-become-a-boring-wanker/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/a-lot-of-these-american-actors-have-this-in-my-view-misplaced-view/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/would-i-have-traded-homeland-for-anything-else-no-would-i-trade/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/there-are-ways-of-avoiding-becoming-tabloid-fodder-and-therefore/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/it-was-pretty-daunting-normally-i-never-go-to-a-gym-but-before-we/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/i-m-not-good-enough-to-flip-in-and-out-of-my-brit-accent-to-my/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

> [I'm not averse to telling people off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-lewis/i-m-not-averse-to-telling-people-off/)

[Damian Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-lewis/)

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