I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion. — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I sometimes think if I had gone to Oxford or Cambridge and looked like a handsome young guy who could be in an Evelyn Waugh novel or something, I'd be a massive movie star. But there's a longevity to what… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
What I love about the East End is that there's a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
It's a very fascinating thing for an actor to play somebody who is suffering, and you have to express the suffering, but in an… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience. — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character. — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
Mike Leigh taught me about making choices - as an actor, you choose between being honest and clever, and with Mike, it's always about… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face. — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself. — Eddie Marsan Copy Share
I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said: "You know, it's funny, it's when you've got no clothes… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I'm not one of these actors who can make a bad script good. Some actors, a script can be terrible, and they can bring… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
I was brought up in a house full of women; the first time I realised no one was interrupting me was when I was… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
When you're the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you're spoilt so you don't get to enjoy it… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
