#ow

I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show. ↗

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

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

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

— Damian Lewis

#best #conversation #into #national #shows

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 just have to take control of your own performance. ↗

— Damian Lewis

#just #own #performance #take #you

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual. ↗

— Damian Lewis

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

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#around #detail #director #does #every

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was. ↗