#y

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#get #i #national #place #terrifying

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

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#being #hate #i #lose #must

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#real #skill #yourself

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#i #lovely #married #romantic #terribly

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