I never want to overstay my welcome for any character. I would rather people are excited by the ideas a character generates in them rather than feeling bored and wishing he would just go away. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Seeing, say, 'My Left Foot,' and 'The Last of the Mohicans.' How is that the same person? Or people like Johnny Depp, who can play Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands. I am so interested in the transformation, in not knowing… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with art -… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
I find dipping one's toe into all of these people's lives is one of the major exciting points of being an actor. This dilettantism. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
Even if it's a bit blunt, I really appreciate somebody being straight with you. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
You fire blanks, but the guns eject real brass, hot cartridges. They're, like, 400 degrees. — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
