My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
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… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I often think that drama helps people feel less lonely about things. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I'd never read a piece of television where it's an hour script and it's perfect. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I am not a big fan of what I call 'ambient television,' which just washes through you in a very polite way. I like… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
When you sign up for a show in the United States, it's six or seven years, generally speaking. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
When you don't take what you have for granted, you constantly try to re-prove yourself to yourself rather than to other people. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
All cult leaders are very good at supplying people with what they want and are missing in their lives, so they feel loved and… — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, 'Butch and Sundance' was my absolute favorite film. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
You really need to learn how to turn it on for 'action' and off for 'cut.' — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
