Being on the floor of a TV show is sometimes a quite frustrating experience. Tom Ellis More Quotes by Tom Ellis More Quotes From Tom Ellis I come from a religious family - my father is a pastor, my uncle, my sister and her husband are a pastor team. Tom Ellis sisterfamilyteamfather It's always fun to play bad characters. Tom Ellis badalwaysplayfun A lot of actors would tell you that they'd rather play the villain than the hero. When you're the character, there are no repercussions. So there is a kind of liberating feeling about saying certain things to certain people - and I think that it's always quite satisfying to do that. Tom Ellis youherocharacterpeople I had been quite judicious about the scripts I was reading, but nothing was really taking my fancy until I pulled this script out: 'Lucifer.' I have to say, within about three or four pages, I thought it was hilarious; I laughed out loud a couple of times and knew this is the one that I wanted to do. Tom Ellis saynothingthoughtreading I've worked a lot in comedy. As much as I love playing dramatic roles, it's always nice to be able to have some humor around when working. Tom Ellis comedynicehumorlove What I really wanted to do was take this character and go beneath the veneer of Lucifer. Underneath it all, there was a guy who was a hurt soul and rejected from his father. How that played upon his choices was kind of interesting, but also it's going inside a shell of someone who doesn't know what an emotion is. Tom Ellis soulhurtcharacterfather For the show, it's really important that we remember that Lucifer is the Devil. It's important for Lucifer sometimes to remember that he's the Devil: to keep the notion that he is a wild animal that is seemingly being tamed but, at any moment, could snap. Tom Ellis momentdevilanimalsometimes I have a transient lifestyle. America is where I come to work, but my home is London. I like being bi-continental. Tom Ellis lifestyleworkhomeamerica I couldn't afford to go to drama school in London. Then I met with the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, and I fell in love with the city. It was one of the few schools that offered me a place. It didn't do me any harm. Tom Ellis citymemusiclove Pilot season's such a strange time. You get such a concentrated amount of scripts. A lot of them become white noise after a while. When something really pops, it becomes apparent very quickly. I'm quite instinctive about that. I know, normally by about 10 pages in, whether I want to do something or not. Tom Ellis pilotyouwhitetime I've been acting for 15 years now, and the more you do, the more confidence you get about 'this is my career, and this is what I'm going to be doing.' Since I've started coming to the States, I've had a really great response. It's given me a lot of confidence to be more judicious about my own choices. Tom Ellis greatmeyouconfidence My mum was a music teacher. I've got three sisters, and we all played instruments when we were kids. Tom Ellis gotmusicthreeteacher The thing about Lucifer is that by the end of the first season, his world is falling apart a bit. Anyone that he could call an ally or trust, he now can't, and that leaves him in a place that he's never been before. Tom Ellis endplacetrustworld My life changed in 2005 on the day I met my wife, Tamzin. She was in a play called 'Breathing Corpses' with James McAvoy, one of my best mates from drama school. I knew who she was, and I'd fancied her quite a bit when she played Melanie Owen in 'EastEnders.' Tom Ellis bestdaywifelife There's something really charming about a character that is fundamentally flawed and does some pretty despicable things, but yet you still kind of love him. Tom Ellis somethingyoulovecharacter Lucifer has a sense of fun about life; he just likes to play with people. But the sense of humor of the show is what makes the show entertaining as opposed to dark. Tom Ellis humordarklifepeople
