#ak

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#britain #burnt #england #getting #ginger

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#had #i #like #make #required

When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god, he's so English, why did we hire him?' ↗

— Damian Lewis

#all day #america #american #american accent #comes

You just have to take control of your own performance. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#just #own #performance #take #you

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#burden #centre #film #first #first time

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#feeling #grit #i #into #leading

If people take an interest in you and they think there's half a chance, they might hang on. It's dreadful. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#dreadful #half #hang #interest #might

If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#certain #express #maker #place #spirit

If you remain unsettled by a piece of writing, it means you are not watching the story from the outside; you've already taken a step towards it. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#means #outside #piece #remain #step

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#constantly #died #excuses #father #great