Quotes by Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

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Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

Awful

Earning

Hollywood

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 what’s happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

Long

Next Week

Years

I can’t throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

Book

My Wife

Wife

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 feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you’re doing a play you’re using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.

Play

Silly

Years

I don’t feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

Actors

Character

Feels

I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

Actors

Ideas

Whole

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

Lucky

Play

Three

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 the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I’ll be doing next – or even if I’m going to work.

Ideas

Knowing

Thinking

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 off.

Feels

People

Thinking

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Quotes by Matthew Macfadyen

Matthew Macfadyen

Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

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 what’s happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

I can’t throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

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 feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you’re doing a play you’re using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.

I don’t feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

I just loved the whole idea of being an 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.

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 off.

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