"I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually things get quite formulaic."
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"If the script grabs me and appeals to me, I'm really very keen to work on it."
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"I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character."
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"Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them."
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"Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol, lived in Buckinghamshire and Surrey as a kid, and then moved when I was 16."
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"I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do."
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"Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that."
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"I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either."
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"A lot of people have a fear of Shakespeare. Even actors do. People are like, "Oh, I won't go and see Shakespeare because the language is so hard," but it is. When you read it on the page, you go, "What?! What does that mean?!" If you go to a Shakespeare play and you've never been, you sit there and go, "I'm an idiot! I don't get it!""
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"If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually."
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"One of the positive aspects from my point of view in terms of lifestyle doing film is that I can say "Well, I'm now going to have three months where I'm just going to hang out and be with the family"."
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"I kind of like the challenge of jumping into totally different spaces and styles and figuring out how to fit in."
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"In a real fight, there ain't no time and you've got to use your wits. If someone were threatening the life of my child, then I'd be a good fighter. If somebody just wanted to steal my wallet, well, maybe I wouldn't worry about it so much."
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"As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting."
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"The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience."
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"I do feel like I'm not entirely an insider."
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"To me acting originally became an extension of game playing."
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"I'm always trepidatious and excited about what I do. I wouldn't choose to do something, unless I am really excited about it."
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"It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water."
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"As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great."
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