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Adrian Lester

(1968) Stage Actor

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Adrian Lester is a stage actor.

Quick Facts About Adrian Lester

Born: August 14, 1968
Profession: Stage Actor

About Adrian Lester

[Wikidata] British actor, director, and writer... | [Wikipedia] Adrian Anthony Lester is a British actor. He is the recipient of a Laurence Olivier Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award and a Critics' Circle Theatre Award for his work on the London stage, and has also been nominated for a Tony Award.

Quotes by Adrian Lester · Page 2

I love doing theatre and musicals, but when we start shooting 'Hustle' we film two episodes concurrently, with the scenes out of…

I love

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Never lie to yourself.

Lie

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An audience can feel when a comedian is confident - and then they will laugh. But if they feel at any point…

Audience

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What marks me getting home is when I've completely unpacked.

Getting

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Normally on stage you don't get a second take, the song is the song and you can't go, 'Oh you know what,…

Beginning

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In our multicultural society, it is inevitable that there will be a prime minister of colour at some point.

Inevitable

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I normally play characters who are dealing with an overall objective - a great 'want' in their life.

Goals

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We need to continue to make sure that we are completely inclusive when looking for our audiences.

Continue

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I like cycling. I'm fairly fit but if I had to sprint for a long time, I don't think I could sustain…

Could

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A lot of writers will take a character at the beginning of a story. And that character will stay the same all…

Beginning

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Sometimes what you turn out may be just a performance, but sometimes what you create will change the way people think about…

Acting

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People are having to come to terms with the question: how important is it, really, that Obama is black? Yes, skin colour…

Come

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If your endgame as an actor is that you want as many people as possible to look at you then that's fine,…

Actor

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I have a lot of respect and love for NHS workers.

Lot

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I don't want to be pinned down.

Down

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I've always admired people who can shift and change, and pop up in areas you didn't think they could, and that's what…

Always

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I find it quite hard to sum up a show that's been as much fun as 'Hustle.' The upsetting thing is the…

Experience

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If you're in front of an audience and your voice, your mannerism, your pattern of speech, your intellectual approach to the performance…

Acting

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I can't travel without my Sony noise-cancelling, in-ear headphones, my Bluetooth speaker and at least one baseball hat.

Baseball

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Everything I love about television is encapsulated in how I used to feel watching 'The Sweeney,' 'Starsky & Hutch' and 'Doctor Who'…

Doctor

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When you take on a character you try and lose yourself into it because you want to be less self-conscious.

Character

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Love is love, even in its platonic, unromantic sense. Once you have that connection between two people, the only thing that gets…

Connection

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Ultimately, I prefer being in front of the camera. I didn't train to be a director and my eye on it is…

Actor

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There was a moment at my wedding in 1997 when I got the bumps from all my male friends. We were in…

Air

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I was an Englishman in New York playing a New Yorker... I had to be very careful with my accent.

Careful

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