'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I've never been that bothered about doing stage or television. I just love doing films. With theatre, it goes on night after… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I can remember, after I started doing films, my mum began going to more arthouse films. She went to see 'Edward Scissorhands'… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people,… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I often draw from people in my own experience to base a character on, going back to my days with Mike Leigh. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
The very best thing about doing it is seeing the reaction on kid's faces when you tell them you've done it. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad,… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I'd only read a bit of the first book. And I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I'd not read… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time. — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
I started doing the big Hollywood stuff, and I realised, 'Oh, there's no rehearsal at all; you just turn up on the set, and… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
“I feel like I'm in a film about a struggling artist who keeps getting up at all hours of the night to look at… — David Thewlis Copy Share Image
