Sam Riley Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
January 8, 1980

Samuel Peter W. Riley (born 8 January 1980) is an English actor and singer. He is best known for his performance in the 2007 biographical film Control about the life of Ian Curtis, as protagonist Sal Paradise in the 2012 adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road, and as Diaval in the 2014 film Maleficent.

Also known as Singer

I'd been told I was going to be the next big thing. But in actual fact, the complete opposite happened.

Sam Riley
- Fact
- Big
- Complete
To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.

Sam Riley
- Father
- Film
- Something

My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.

Sam Riley
- Work
- Parents
- Relieved
I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.

Sam Riley
- Like
- Actor
- Show
I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.

Sam Riley
- Pretty
- You
- Say
I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.

Sam Riley
- Wife
- Safe
- Germany
I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.

Sam Riley
- People
- School
- Acting
As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.

Sam Riley
- Time
- Actor

I'm Angelina Jolie's sidekick in 'Maleficent'. It's cool.

Sam Riley
- Cool
- Sidekick
We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.

Sam Riley
- Two
- Snow
- London
'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.

Sam Riley
- Character
- Challenge
- Road
I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.

Sam Riley
- Book
- Road
- Beach
Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.

Sam Riley
- Work
- Mind
- Better
I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.

Sam Riley
- Girl
- Like
- Things

I learned to stop looking on the Internet pretty early on.

Sam Riley
- Pretty
- Stop
- Internet