Lennie James Quotes & Sayings

“I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.”

“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.”

“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.”

“My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.”

“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.”

“I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.”

“I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.”

“I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.”

“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.”

“I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.”