Damian Lewis Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I've always been a narcissist.”

“My parents were incredibly inclusive.”

“You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.”

“In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.”

“No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.”

“There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.”

“You have to go where the good writing is.”

“There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.”

“I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been on reality TV or something.”

“Quiet people, people who aren't given to emotional outbursts, people who are economic with words - they're also fun to play, but you find yourself needing a laser precision in those roles. Otherwise you just sort of stand around, looking slightly brain-dead. You worry about being uninteresting.”