David Thewlis Quotes
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When I'm sat in the pub with my mates, they've got their stories: Richard and Tracy have split up, they went to Arsenal and this fight broke out... My anecdotes are like, 'I was in this bar, and Michelle Pfeiffer rang, and I had wax in my ear, so I couldn't hear what she was saying...'
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Everybody knows someone like that: wonderful, attractive people full of passion and ideals. You envy them, but you know there's a dark side, which is brutal and cruel and violent. That dark side informs what's wonderful about them, and the passion and rage inform the darkness; they're inseparable.
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I like tourists. I think it's nice to live in a town that people come from all over to visit.
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I love being a dad.
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I had no idea how one became an actor. I didn't know things such as drama schools existed. It all just sort of happened accidentally.
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I often draw from people in my own experience to base a character on, going back to my days with Mike Leigh.
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Most parts I've played since 'Naked,' I can barely remember who they were, let alone repeat any lines.
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After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week.
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I thought 'Charlie And The Chocolate Factory' was terrible. I'm a big fan of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton, so I don't know what went wrong with that.
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You can't actually be just a movie actor in Britain, because we don't make that many movies.
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People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along.
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One can only improvise what one knows.
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I think the most beautiful sound is a child laughing.
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You become judged entirely on your ability to bring in the dollars, and the fact that none of the films I did was a huge hit became significant.
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I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.
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When you do something well, this is the best job in the world.
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I had grown up in a toy shop in Blackpool and then moved to London to do an acting course.
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Playing a character who becomes a Buddhist was a great experience.
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As soon as I have the script in my hand, I'll be up in my apartment room pacing up and down learning it because it's just such a lovely thing to do.
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I adore children. If I weren't an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company.
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'An Inspector Calls' is a British classic, and I am thrilled to be working on this beautiful screen adaptation with Aisling Walsh.
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I've always loved writing. It was always what I wanted to do.
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I must have read three-quarters of 'Anna Karenina' on my phone. Which might be a record.