I am not a big fan of what I call 'ambient television,' which just washes through you in a very polite way.… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
You need to be disciplined and you need to try to occupy a zone of acting that is always quite scary because you don't… — James Purefoy Copy Share
I'd never read a piece of television where it's an hour script and it's perfect. — James Purefoy Copy Share
I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay… — James Purefoy Copy Share
I am not a big fan of what I call 'ambient television,' which just washes through you in a very polite way. I like… — James Purefoy Copy Share
When you sign up for a show in the United States, it's six or seven years, generally speaking. — James Purefoy Copy Share
When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people. — James Purefoy Copy Share
All cult leaders are very good at supplying people with what they want and are missing in their lives, so they feel loved and… — James Purefoy Copy Share
When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film. — James Purefoy Copy Share
British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' — James Purefoy Copy Share
You really need to learn how to turn it on for 'action' and off for 'cut.' — James Purefoy Copy Share
Hospitals are very extreme places - you can be in a maternity room one minute, and by someone's bedside as they're dying the next. — James Purefoy Copy Share
Joe Carroll had a certain black comedy to him. But I think it's lovely playing a man who, in his heart and soul, is… — James Purefoy Copy Share
