Quotes by Mark Strong

Mark Strong

[Before I Go To Sleep] script was a great journey with all the twists and turns that were kind of unexpected. I had to finish the script, and I thought if we can emulate this in the film, it’s going to be a really good film.

Journey

Sleep

Twists

All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they’d have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.

Blow

Fighting

Knights

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you’ve learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

Children

Thinking

Years

Because I had children relatively late – in my 40s rather than in my 20s – it wasn’t anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize “Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.”

Children

Kind

Realizing

I got sent the script [ Before I Go To Sleep] as usually happens and you have a little look. I know it’s a bit of a cliché, but it was absolutely a page turner. I mean, I wanted to find out what happened next.

Looks

Mean

Sleep

I had this extraordinarily bizarre moment when, two Fridays ago, my missus gave birth to our second child at 11am and by the same time the following day I was sitting around a table with Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Rabat in Morocco, rehearsing a scene we were going to shoot the next day.

Children

Friday

Two

I have an enormous amount of respect for Nicole Kidman. She’s just done so many great movies and she’s been out there at the forefront of carrying films and being a movie star. On set, it really pays dividends because when you’re performing with her, she knows exactly how to play it. You don’t have to compensate for her in any way.

Done

Play

Stars

I just invited close friends and family, the usual suspects whose opinion I value but who I know will enjoy the film [Before I Go To Sleep]. I don’t know how difficult it is for them to suspend their disbelief because they obviously know me and what they’re seeing is not me.

Family And Friends

Sleep

Usual

I just like voicing films in general. I do a lot of documentary work and it’s a short hop really to narrating a character, especially if you’re on film and you’re there in a visual way. It sounds obvious, but voicing an animation really focuses you on the way that you’re communicating through your voice. It’s a very specific ability that you need to be able to have in order to pitch it just right.

Character

Film

Obvious

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

Character

Games

Play

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Baby

Black And White

Blow

Can Not

Car

Character

Children

Couple

Crazy

Dad

Dark

Daughter

Doctors

Done

Evil

Falling In Love

Family And Friends

Feels

Fighting

Film

Friday

Games

Giving

Home

Ideas

Important

Jobs

Journey

Kind

Knights

Likes

Looks

Mean

Mind

Mother

Moving

Needs

Never Quit

Next Week

Obvious

Opportunity

Past

People

Play

Purpose

Real

Realizing

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Quotes by Mark Strong

Mark Strong

[Before I Go To Sleep] script was a great journey with all the twists and turns that were kind of unexpected. I had to finish the script, and I thought if we can emulate this in the film, it’s going to be a really good film.

All these portrayals we see of knights fighting must be absolute rubbish because knights in armour could literally have only had two or three blows and then they’d have had to sit down to have a cup of tea.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you’ve learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

I got sent the script [ Before I Go To Sleep] as usually happens and you have a little look. I know it’s a bit of a cliché, but it was absolutely a page turner. I mean, I wanted to find out what happened next.

I just invited close friends and family, the usual suspects whose opinion I value but who I know will enjoy the film [Before I Go To Sleep]. I don’t know how difficult it is for them to suspend their disbelief because they obviously know me and what they’re seeing is not me.

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

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