I was playing pretty boys and these angelic roles like Nicholas Nickleby and all that stuff. And I was like, 'What am I doing? This isn't who I am, as a man or an artist.' I had to overcome people's belief that I was too pretty to be a badass. Charlie Hunnam More Quotes by Charlie Hunnam More Quotes From Charlie Hunnam I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me. Charlie Hunnam escapingchildrenthinking Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is. Charlie Hunnam getting-back-updown-andmatter I think the work is always going to be much better when it's important and personal to you. Charlie Hunnam importantthinking I'm usually the guy who knocks everyone out in order to get the girl. Charlie Hunnam guygirlorder I think when you live your destiny, you allow yourself to get in touch with your inner essence. What's difficult in life is the economic and social requirements that distract us from bringing forth our true passion. Charlie Hunnam passiondestinythinking I mean I’m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly do it at 33 with a lady. Charlie Hunnam guymeanyears I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in. Charlie Hunnam filmrolesthinking It's generally more fun playing the villain Charlie Hunnam villainfun I think we can affect our own fates, but there's also a powerful energy that's the universe or God or whatever your unconscious recognizes that helps along your way. Charlie Hunnam fatepowerfulthinking I don't just look at things as an actor. I've also written several films, so I look at it as a storyteller and I know if something worked and should have been in there for the benefit of the story and the benefit of the character. Charlie Hunnam should-havestoriescharacter So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity Charlie Hunnam balancecareersinteresting I have too many control issues, so it just is not good for me to go and watch a film, too soon after I make it. Charlie Hunnam issuesfilmwatches I watch these actors who when you go to buy a pint of milk you see them smiling on the cover of 20 magazines. Then when you see them in a film it's hard to believe the character because you just see them everywhere Charlie Hunnam smilecharacterbelieve In the early part of your career you are always compared with somebody until you can stand on your own two feet Charlie Hunnam careersfeettwo It's always difficult to really sum up exactly why a relationship works. Charlie Hunnam difficult To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. Charlie Hunnam rimsfightingmonsters No, I do a bunch of things to entertain myself. I paint, I make music, I take photographs. Charlie Hunnam hostpaintphotograph I've been profoundly germophobic since I was a young child. I don't want to kiss anyone but my girlfriend for my whole life. Charlie Hunnam kissinggirlfriendchildren The landscape of cinema is not original. Not to say there aren't great movies being made, but it's much easier for studios to make movies that have built-in audiences. So it's all remakes, adaptations, a lot of remakes of adaptations. Charlie Hunnam adaptationlandscapecinema I love hip hop music, I make hip hop music. Charlie Hunnam hipship-hophops
