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Matthew Macfadyen quotes

English Actor October 17, 1974

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Matthew Macfadyen quote: "I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think..."
I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me. Matthew Macfadyen
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. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get..."
I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some. Matthew Macfadyen
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 by doing something which is out of your comfort zone. Matthew Macfadyen
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 on with it. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring..."
There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to..."
Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood? Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if..."
You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it. Matthew Macfadyen
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 that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again,..."
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. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't..."
Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or..."
The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's..."
You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself."
It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself. Matthew Macfadyen
Matthew Macfadyen quote: "What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience..."
What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind. Matthew Macfadyen

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