Matthew Macfadyen Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.”

“It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.”

“It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.”

“People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.”

“Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested.”

“I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.”

“Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.”

“As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.”

“I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds silly, but when you're doing a play you're using different muscles, and it blew all the cobwebs away.”

“There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.”