As long as I'm enjoying what I'm doing, then that's fine. That's what I want. I want to enjoy life. We're only here for a small ride, so it may as well be a good one. If I can go to work enjoying what I do, then my life becomes a very nice one. Aneurin Barnard More Quotes by Aneurin Barnard More Quotes From Aneurin Barnard If I played Bond, my dad probably wouldn't know what to do with himself. He'd probably put his shoes on the wrong way for the rest of his life! Aneurin Barnard bond shoes dad life I never like to stick to one media; whether it's a TV series or feature film, I enjoy it and I like changing constantly. Aneurin Barnard never like enjoy media For me, every opportunity is a golden opportunity, so I just need to work as hard as I can to maintain credibility and respect and hopefully people enjoy watching me as an actor. Aneurin Barnard me respect work people A friend of mine once, when I was 11 years old, mentioned that there was a youth theater, a local amateur youth theater nearby where young people could go every Sunday. And that's where it began, really. Aneurin Barnard friend youth sunday people I was really bored in school because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, which was act. And then when I was 14, a local TV company came to the youth theater, and they were auditioning kids to be in this new TV series. Aneurin Barnard new youth bored school I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there. Aneurin Barnard wait go way school I love film, but I feeling a bit needy about returning to the stage. Aneurin Barnard returning feeling stage love I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only in a subconscious way. I want to concentrate on giving my own fresh interpretation. Aneurin Barnard performance someone my-own way I'm always eager to work with people I admire, people who have experience, who've made mistakes and made great things. That's the greatest teaching I could ever get in developing my own career. Aneurin Barnard great experience work people I think, as a generation of British actors, we're becoming a bit soft and too manipulated by the business. Aneurin Barnard soft generation think business I know straight away if there are roles I don't want to do, and I have a lot of arguments with my agents about those. Aneurin Barnard straight about know want It's so much nicer to be able to do your job with someone who's helping you, and you're helping them. Then, it becomes a tennis match where you're hitting the ball back and forth, and you're a team. Aneurin Barnard someone job you team I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect. That's important to me in any work I do. For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. Aneurin Barnard me truth work character Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box. Of course, every actor has their box, and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself. Aneurin Barnard myself me respect love Love every role to be new, and I always like to bring a freshness to every character I play, but that comes down to the script. So, it's important that it's a good script with good, truthful characters and truthful subjects. Aneurin Barnard down good love character
