After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week. — 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 his big, blank empty canvas. And in a way I am. Except that i'm not struggling. I'm Hector Kipling. I might be getting up at all hours of the night to look at my big, blank,… — David Thewlis Copy Share
