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For me, drama is conflict.
You know, I'm a skinny Irish guy.
It's always nice to be challenged.
I’ve never done a film for the money
The medium is secondary to the stories.
I had a really good time in my 20s and 30s.
Geoff Dyer is an abundantly talented writer.
Actors' careers are random with a capital "R."
I think every director has a different methodology.
I loved The Fall; I was kind of obsessed with that show.
My whole career has been completely random and haphazard.
I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.
With some films you can sort of slide in, get a haircut and you're in.
That's what acting is about, Funny wigs and voices, that's what we do.
I'm not interested in a good man's life. I'm interested in contradiction.
I enjoy any chance to get in front of a microphone in a role. I'll do it.
I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can
I'm terrible. I'm the wrong person to talk to, I really don't know a thing.
Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can.
I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
My only two constants are to challenge myself and to try not to repeat myself.
I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids' films.
If someone asks a stupid question, you can only give a stupid answer or appear arrogant.
My wife can see always how a part affects me personally because she has to live with it.
It's embarrassing sometimes, the way actors or musicians sometimes get made untouchable.
I'd probably have been wealthier if I had stayed with law, but pretty miserable doing it.
I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker
It's only an advantage as an actor - looking younger than you are. If you can maintain it.
I don't think they'd ever make a movie about Chuck Baker but I'd love to play Chuck Baker.
The color grading in 'Peaky' is a huge, huge element of the show's distinctive style, you know?
What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information.
You're an actor who's Irish, not an Irish actor. And you shouldn't be limited by your extraction.
I don't have a burning passion to live in America per se but I would certainly like to work there.
The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it.
For me it's always been about the stories, not what medium. The medium is secondary to the stories.
I always think it's a sign of a truly gifted director when they can move seamlessly between genres.
I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played.
I really feel actors should try and do as much diverse work as possible to try and keep it interesting.
You need to be as clean of a slate as you can be, as an actor. You have to try to be open to every experience.
I personally think if something's not a challenge there's no point doing it because you're not gonna learn much.
I think for me with theater, I need to take a break and then fall in love with it again. And then go do it again.
I would not rule out a musical. What I will categorically say is that I will not be in a 'Peaky Blinders' musical.
I think it's necessary to keep moving forward. I've always said that nostalgia is death, really for anyone creative.
That time, making 'Disco Pigs,' was kind of the most important period of my life. The people I met there remain my closest friends.
Men and women are custodians of this society, and we both decide what's going to happen for our future. I feel that very, very strongly.
I like the little bit of distance that London affords me and I like living in a world capital. I like having the culture at my fingertips.
For me, it's about being at home and living a life. Taking the dog for a walk, doing the shopping, emptying the dishwasher, going for a run.
Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.
Patience is something that, as a young man, I didn't have - when waiting for parts to arrive or waiting for people to behave as I wanted them to.