"The lovely thing about being an actor is……" — Matthew Macfadyen
"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 painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives."
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35 Quotes by Matthew Macfadyen
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No one will guide you in the right direction, in the end you have to learn for yourself. You have…
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I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then…
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Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?
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I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.
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I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if…
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I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the…
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It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.
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It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.'…
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My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.
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Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find…
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Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and…
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As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted…
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