All Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
- No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have to grow up yourself. Aging
- I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I… Birthday
- Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood? Apart
- I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying. Auditioned
- I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly. Leave
- 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. You… All
- It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself. Able
- It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now. Anonymity
- My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. Lovely
- 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 vulnerable - that… Arrogant
- 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 interested. Even the… Bad
- As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know… Alone
- I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. Actor
- I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with… Actor
- I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch… Feel
- People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get… Actor
- There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. Actor
- You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it. Daunting
- I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some. Always Telling
- I just loved the whole idea of being an actor. Actor
- I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three. Able
- I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me. Couple
- It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. Anonymity
- Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. Actor
- What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind. Audience