James Purefoy Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
June 3, 1964

James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor, producer and director. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, former college professor-turned-serial-killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, and Solomon Kane in the feature film Solomon Kane. In February 2018 he starred as Laurens Bancroft in Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series.

Also known as Producer, Director

Joe Carroll had a certain black comedy to him. But I think it's lovely playing a man who, in his heart and soul, is a gentle man. And he's wounded and complicated.

James Purefoy
- Heart
- Soul
- Black
Hospitals are very extreme places - you can be in a maternity room one minute, and by someone's bedside as they're dying the next.

James Purefoy
- Dying

When I started acting, I used to read all the reviews.

James Purefoy
As you mature and gain a semblance of wisdom and a sense of what life is all about... this is by no means true of everyone, but a lot of actors like to escape themselves. Inhabiting another person's persona is often a good way of escaping yourself.

James Purefoy
- Life
- Good
- True
Playing Mark Antony in 'Rome' will always be a favourite of mine because he was such an outrageously big and interesting character to play. Also, the fact that we were able, with that character, to find out and present the public with a biography of that man that had not been really seen before.

James Purefoy
When you're unhappy, you tend to play up, don't you?

James Purefoy
- Up
If you read Grimm's fairy tales, they're absolutely terrifying.

James Purefoy
I was very unmotivated at school.

James Purefoy
- School