Mark Strong

Some jobs you do, they're just jobs. Others are life experiences.

— Mark Strong

I've never been one of those actors who plays chess with his career and goes, 'I'm going to wait now and see…

— Mark Strong

I'm like anyone; I make a lot of my assumptions about actors I don't know from what I read about them. And…

— Mark Strong

For me, family comes over and above everything.

— Mark Strong

It's important to me that I don't spend too much time away from the family. I try to pick jobs that will…

— Mark Strong

I was born in London, and my family is here. America is an interesting place, but it's incredibly different culturally. It doesn't…

— Mark Strong

I do get antsy if I haven't got lines to learn, a character to play. But yes, I do take holidays.

— Mark Strong

I studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which was founded by Laurence Olivier and has alumni like Jeremy Irons and…

— Mark Strong

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever…

— Mark Strong

I studied law, so perhaps I might have made it to the Bar, though I gave up that idea when I suspected…

— Mark Strong

There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell…

— Mark Strong

I can't imagine anything worse than being in a position that you're not allowed to live your life privately.

— Mark Strong

[Before I Go To Sleep] script was a great journey with all the twists and turns that were kind of unexpected. I…

— Mark Strong

It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if…

— Mark Strong

Rowan Joffe is very specific. I mean, he wrote it as well and he has a very orderly writer's mind and the…

— Mark Strong

The Peugeot is a very unthreatening car.

— Mark Strong

You come out of drama school and do theatre and are interested in creative endeavour, then you drift into TV and movies…

— Mark Strong

My mother moved abroad when I was 11, my dad wasn't around from the time that I was a baby, so I…

— Mark Strong

Instantly when I'm acting, I kick into Frank Agnew face.

— Mark Strong

I've put my friends and family through the wringer over the years, I have to say, by doing unspeakable things to people,…

— Mark Strong

I'm going to try to play some good guys for a while and just see how that is. It's hard to enjoy…

— Mark Strong

Acting can be a very cruel mistress. It's not a meritocracy. In other walks of life, by being good at what you…

— Mark Strong

I loved making The Imitation Game and it's really gratifying to hear the audience's response to the character that I play. It…

— Mark Strong

In the movie, you have to decide as an actor how you are going to give a character presence. You can't really…

— Mark Strong

I've played lots of villains in my time and I think the reason they've been so successful is that they're not two-dimensional.…

— Mark Strong