I'm not very good at strategizing. Damian Lewis More Quotes by Damian Lewis More Quotes From Damian Lewis 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. Damian Lewis actinggivingpeople My parents were incredibly inclusive. Damian Lewis parent It was pretty daunting. Normally, I never go to a gym, but before we started shooting, I thought I'd better. I reckoned I was in really good shape, and then I looked around and I was half the size of everyone else. A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable. Damian Lewis viewsrunningmen I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough. Damian Lewis actorsinterestingthinking Well, I met some MI6 agents, operatives, people who were working in embassies abroad and I had a very nice slap up lunch in a club in London. Damian Lewis entertainment I just try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. Damian Lewis every-daymy-lifedaylife When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of a P&O ferry in the wind, having some sort of 'Titanic' moment, declaring ourselves to be the new kings of theatre. Damian Lewis momentfriendswindschool It's sad that children don't spend enough time looking around and being amazed by what's in the real world. Damian Lewis sadtimechildrenworld If you believe - which I do - that acting is a bit like advocacy for your character, then of course I want to find the positive points. Damian Lewis youpositivecharacterbelieve I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics. Damian Lewis goodfamilypoliticsmother I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace. Damian Lewis youageeducationpeople If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row. Damian Lewis endamazingthinkyou I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to. Damian Lewis weirdlivingdadamerica I'm one of those pesky Brits. Damian Lewis thosebrits I've always been a narcissist. Damian Lewis beenalwaysnarcissist
