All Matthew Macfadyen Quotes
- 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
- I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't… Actor
- The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you,… Acting
- I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself… Comfort
- The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. Actor
- You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you. Hamlet
- I love books. Books
- I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for… Example
- I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the… Actor
- 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. Bad
- The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or… Actor