#in

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

#anything #i #nothin #people #relative

My parents were incredibly inclusive. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#incredibly #parents #were

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#producing #spoiled #time #utterly #world

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

— Damian Lewis

#best #conversation #into #national #shows

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 know, I think I am faintly spiritual. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#i #i am #i think #know #spiritual

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