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> [I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-ve-worried-more-and-more-as-the-years-have-gone-on-the-more-you-re/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

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> [I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-try-to-be-fussy-about-the-parts-i-play-i-think-that-s-quite-prudent/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

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## More by Matthew Macfadyen

> [It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/it-s-a-real-skill-to-be-able-to-publicise-yourself/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-did-four-or-five-years-in-telly-and-by-the-end-of-it-was-drained-i/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-ve-worried-more-and-more-as-the-years-have-gone-on-the-more-you-re/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-have-felt-some-twinges-recently-about-parts-i-wanted-to-play-that-i/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-would-hate-not-to-do-a-play-every-couple-of-years-i-think-it-s-not/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-think-it-sits-quite-happily-with-me-the-condition-of-being-an-actor/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/it-must-be-odd-being-recognisable-i-would-hate-to-lose-that-anonymity/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/no-one-will-guide-you-in-the-right-direction-in-the-end-you-have-to/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-was-quite-a-shy-child-i-would-get-terribly-nervous-and-throw-up/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/the-actor-in-me-would-always-like-to-be-more-dashing-or-slimmer-or/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-think-i-do-have-a-good-eye-it-s-quite-liberating-being-in-a/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-d-auditioned-for-the-national-youth-theatre-and-i-didn-t-get-a/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-can-t-throw-books-away-my-wife-is-always-telling-me-to-get-rid-of/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/i-wouldn-t-want-to-leave-it-so-long-before-doing-a-play-again-i-get/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

> [Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-macfadyen/some-british-actors-are-snobby-about-telly-and-i-don-t-understand-that/)

[Matthew Macfadyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-macfadyen/)

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