You need to try to find a way to humanize your villains. Genuine villains, in real life, still have mothers and daughters and sisters, and they fall in love. They don't walk around with a big sign saying, "Bad guy,"… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
If you think about Shakespeare, you remember Richard III and Macbeth before you remember Ferdinand, whose role is just to fall in love and be a bit of a wimp. I love the baddies. More important, though, is making the… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I've never been one of those actors who plays chess with his career and goes, 'I'm going to wait now and see what project… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I'm like anyone; I make a lot of my assumptions about actors I don't know from what I read about them. And then I'll… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
It's important to me that I don't spend too much time away from the family. I try to pick jobs that will keep me… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I was born in London, and my family is here. America is an interesting place, but it's incredibly different culturally. It doesn't take long… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I do get antsy if I haven't got lines to learn, a character to play. But yes, I do take holidays. — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which was founded by Laurence Olivier and has alumni like Jeremy Irons and Daniel Day… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I studied law, so perhaps I might have made it to the Bar, though I gave up that idea when I suspected playing a… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell Crowe and… — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anything worse than being in a position that you're not allowed to live your life privately. — Mark Strong Copy Share Image
