#er

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#i #natural #patience #producer #temperamentally

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#best #conversation #into #national #shows

There are lots of different reasons to choose roles. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#different #different reasons #lots #reasons #roles

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#actor #avoiding #become #becoming #being

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

Why do you think so many actors are only half-developed people? It's very easy when you're a young actor to have these intense, explosive friendships for short periods of time, because you can control what's shown of you. Then you go on to your next job and reinvent yourself again. I think it's important to find something constant. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#again #because #constant #control #easy

You have to go where the good writing is. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#good #good writing #where #writing #you

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

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors. ↗