Lennie James Quotes
If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.
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All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'
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I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get dressed up for a night out in my white socks and loafers, and the last thing I'd hear is, 'Have a good night - be careful of the police.'
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I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was 16 and I wrote my first play when I was 17.
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I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
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I'd really like to go Sydney. I've been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there.
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I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.
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They shut down kids' homes, for a number of reasons, and I was part of that transition into foster care. That's all well and good if it's populated by people who feel their work is paid decently and supported.
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I'm pretty much a London boy, and it was a big enough city to try and conquer.
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When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
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We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run.
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I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other.
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The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that.
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I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.
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My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.
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The Internet links me to friends and family around the world. Skype rocks!
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The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that.
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When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices.
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I love writing but don't get a huge amount of time to do it.
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'The State Within' demands a certain intelligence from its audience. It doesn't just wash over you - it asks for commitment. And that's a really good thing.
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The breadth of work that's possible is wider and deeper for someone who looks like me in the States than it is in the U.K.
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Doors being closed or made harder to open is something I'm very familiar with - and I don't like it.
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I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored.
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There was a point when I thought I would primarily be a writer, but the acting seems to have got in the way. So when I do get a chance, I jump at it.
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If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.