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Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#aspired #better #better life #class #classes

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else! ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#capacity #developed #else #highly #i

A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#american #american actors #being #interchangeable #like

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#because #examine #experience #isolated #narrow

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#catch #eyes #good #guess #i

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

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#approach #attitude #calm #get #had

I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#between #directors #discovered #down #exactly

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#done #hamlet #i #myself #played

If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#another #director #end #fantastic #incredible