We start off wearing frilly shirts and britches and being good guys and the heroes. And then as time goes on, every English actor ends up playing bad guys. That's what we 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
