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Matthew Macfadyen quotes about play

English Actor October 17, 1974

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Matthew Macfadyen quote: "I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I..."
I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three. Matthew Macfadyen
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 - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II. Matthew Macfadyen
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
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: "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: "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

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