#or

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly. ↗

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#doing #fall #feel #further #fussy

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#get #ghosts #just #like #other

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#british #british actors #i #snobby #some

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#always #hair #like #me #more

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#actor #admire #anonymous #being #explain

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#always #boring #character #concern #swinging

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#behind #curtain #divides #exciting #other

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#often #opportunity #our #robs #tardiness

If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us. ↗