David Thewlis Quotes
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Before Anna, I'd had a few relationships and I'm glad I've been around a bit. I know where it's gone wrong or know who are the wrong people for me and who I might be wrong for.
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The whole question of 'What is truth?' seemed to be the theme of Trump's presidency.
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It's not the easiest thing to have two actors in a family.
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I got hooked to American news like a great TV season. It plays like fiction. I would come home from work, and I would put it on, and I would stay up until 2 in the morning watching it and get up in the morning and watch it.
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I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.
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It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part.
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What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today?
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I've always tended to write comedy, but I'd hate to just write some kind of sitcom or a lighthearted series of jokes and slapstick. I wanted to talk about some deeper things within the comedy.
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In the prepping for 'Azkaban,' I read 'Azkaban' and 'Goblet of Fire.'
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'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.
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It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?
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I was a young actor in my 20s, going out in Soho, having a wild time.
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The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.
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I think I've had more fun playing Varga than I've had for quite a number of years playing anything.
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It's a bit odd to have a daughter who sounds American.
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I've realized over the years I either play very good people or very bad people, and I think I always enjoy the very bad people more.
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We didn't need the Internet for Nazi Germany to happen. But I feel like there's this lack of humanity because of it.
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I wanted to do 'Fargo' rather than do a TV production. I've been offered TV things over the years, but usually, that's about that I don't want to be away from home for that long because it's a long time to be away your home country and my family.
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I'm not one of those people who's against doing remakes.
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And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.
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I don't think its good for the soul to invest too much of yourself in technology.
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That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.
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I really like Los Angeles. I like the weather, the openness of it, the beach, the mountains, the desert. I find it inspiring. I get quite a lot of writing done out there.
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The thing about 'Harry Potter' is it's great fun because of the people - I was usually with Julie Walters and Mark Williams, Brendan Gleeson, Robbie Coltrane, and the kids. Wonderful, funny, amazing people. If you're going to hang around on a set bored, you might as well do it with Julie Walters.