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> [Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/playing-mark-antony-in-rome-will-always-be-a-favourite-of-mine/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

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## More by James Purefoy

> [I like television that grabs you by your throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-like-television-that-grabs-you-by-your-throat/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [You need to be disciplined and you need to try to occupy a zone of acting that is always quite scary because you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/you-need-to-be-disciplined-and-you-need-to-try-to-occupy-a-zone-of/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-often-think-that-drama-helps-people-feel-less-lonely-about-things/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [I'd never read a piece of television where it's an hour script and it's perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-d-never-read-a-piece-of-television-where-it-s-an-hour-script-and-it/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-think-the-business-affairs-people-at-the-studios-get-some-kind-of/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [I am not a big fan of what I call 'ambient television,' which just washes through you in a very polite way. I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-am-not-a-big-fan-of-what-i-call-ambient-television-which-just/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [When you sign up for a show in the United States, it's six or seven years, generally speaking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/when-you-sign-up-for-a-show-in-the-united-states-it-s-six-or-seven/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/when-you-don-t-take-what-you-have-for-granted-you-constantly-try-to/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [All cult leaders are very good at supplying people with what they want and are missing in their lives, so they feel loved and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/all-cult-leaders-are-very-good-at-supplying-people-with-what-they/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/when-i-was-growing-up-butch-and-sundance-was-my-absolute-favorite-film/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/british-actors-are-pretty-good-by-and-large-at-turning-on-at-action/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [You really need to learn how to turn it on for 'action' and off for 'cut.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/you-really-need-to-learn-how-to-turn-it-on-for-action-and-off-for-cut/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [Hospitals are very extreme places - you can be in a maternity room one minute, and by someone's bedside as they're dying the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/hospitals-are-very-extreme-places-you-can-be-in-a-maternity-room-one/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [Joe Carroll had a certain black comedy to him. But I think it's lovely playing a man who, in his heart and soul, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/joe-carroll-had-a-certain-black-comedy-to-him-but-i-think-it-s-lovely/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

> [I have no problem with television as a genre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-purefoy/i-have-no-problem-with-television-as-a-genre/)

[James Purefoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-purefoy/)

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