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Dad hates London.
I've been around actors all my life.
Dad's mother and aunt were actresses.
I was brought up in a bubble to an extent.
No, I'm not too worried about type casting.
I'm a man of eclectic and wide and broad taste.
It gets me, physical comedy. There's nothing better than it.
I think each generation struggles with its own set of problems.
I'm not easily wound up, but overly cynical people irritate me.
I adore clothes. More importantly, I admire people who dress well.
If I don't shave I look like a peach with fuzz on it - not a good look.
I was drawn to gay parts because of their scripts, what the roles offered.
I enjoyed throwing the toys out of the pram, although not in a petulant way.
As actors, you live in doubt; that's one of the truths of the particular job.
It would be silly for me to say I'll only ever love women. That would be crazy.
I want to have a very definite style that people recognise as being 'Fred Fox.'
I didn't really enter into the real world until I was probably at drama school.
It's part of my job as an actor to look after myself. Your appearance is crucial.
If I keep doing films like 'The Riot Club' they're going to think I'm a posh git.
I think it's dangerous being cynical because you close doors rather than open them.
Costume is always the first layer of armour for going into battle in a new acting job.
I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts.
No one with a bad tie is getting my vote. Some Lib Dems wear the most shockingly awful ties.
I can neither change people's perceptions nor change my background, and nor would I wish to.
I was obsessive and made my parents take me to the hairdressers way more often than I needed to.
Umm, I used to stink-bomb peoples' letterboxes on the weekends when their newspapers were delivered.
I don't think you necessarily fall in love with a sexuality, I think you fall in love with a person.
I know how lucky I am, and I am aware that I have to fight the perception that I am also a spoiled brat.
Most of the independent films I've been involved with all had European subsidy or co-production agreements.
People want to see me as a posh square, so I'll play an East End drag queen or a young man with a cleft palate.
I have learned already that you have to work against people's perception as they want to box you in very quickly.
The joy of being a chameleon on stage is that you can be anything, and yet you're not any of those things as well.
That's why I wanted to be an actor - to be everybody. Through all those different people I can learn about myself.
People balk at the fact that I've played loads of gay characters. Maybe I have, but you know what? It doesn't matter.
My dad did a wonderful feat of memory and storytelling by taking T S Eliot's 'Four Quartets' on the road in a one-man show.
I love being on film sets even if I'm not acting in the film, and I'm fascinated by the work of the director of photography.
My dad has never had a mobile phone or computer. And that was the way when I grew up, so I still take tech with a pinch of salt.
Some people cannot stand up in front of people and talk, and I can - I think that's something you don't learn; you're born with it.
I don't really approach any part in any particular way. I tend to get an instinct on the way I want to do it, depending on that role.
All you ever want as an actor is to play psychologically complex, interesting characters and Jeremy Bamber is at the very least that.
I am delighted to be working with Guy Ritchie on 'King Arthur,' who's been a boyhood hero of mine ever since 'Lock, Stock' and 'Snatch.'
I'm blessed and fortunate I met many people, like agents, who'd take a meeting with me because my mum or dad would ask if they'd see me.
I wouldn't wish to go 'I am this or I am tha'because at some time in my life, yes I've had girlfriends, but I might fall in love with a man.
I think as an actor you've got to try to preserve some of your mystery so that there's still an element of surprise about where characters come from.
I love a good suit, and when I see photographs of myself in a jacket that doesn't fit me quite right or the sleeves are too long, it drives me insane.
As actors, we have the best job in the world, but occasionally it can be made difficult by ego and by not listening to each other and lack of communication.
My love of running developed when I got older. At school it filled me with dread and the idea of running around the sports pitches struck me with a nameless fear.
Look, I certainly couldn't say that my unusual upbringing didn't lend itself to becoming an actor - of course it did. People want to see what Edward and Joanna's son can do.
We're into a world where we're not talking about gay or straight or bisexual any more so much as we're talking about being transgender or identifying as a woman if you're a man.
Now, I don't think I'd particularly care if somebody criticised me for having got to a certain level of success because I'm Ed Fox's and Joanna David's son. I know that's not true.