I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
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.… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,'… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it,… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine.… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
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… — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying. — Matthew Macfadyen Copy Share Image
