Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance. David Thewlis More Quotes by David Thewlis More Quotes From David Thewlis Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a gay man for quite a long time. Until it turned out that I indeed got married to Tonks. I changed my whole performance after that. Just saw it as a phase he went through. David Thewlis gay character men When you do something well, this is the best job in the world. David Thewlis best-job jobs world I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy. David Thewlis feeling-sad feel-better want I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it? David Thewlis realizing girl relationship It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part. David Thewlis reading book ideas I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant. David Thewlis two children years I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying. David Thewlis insecurity worry jobs And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed. David Thewlis london lasts monday Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house. David Thewlis nice house night It wasnt the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say theyve played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie. David Thewlis kings special people He'd been let down so often His brow was on the floor But then they found A small hole in the ground And let him down some more David Thewlis let-down holes found I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was. David Thewlis experts feelings thinking I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting. David Thewlis challenges jobs interesting I walk to Oxford Street and climb on the number 8. It's freezing and it starts to rain and it's the ugliest bus I've ever seen, rattling down the ugliest streets, in the ugliest city, in the ugliest country, in the ugliest of all possible worlds. David Thewlis cities rain country The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level. David Thewlis life-changing careers mind What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today? David Thewlis story truth today world I see people around me with very unhappy love lives, who may have held out for that perfect somebody. And the failure to achieve that brings along a lot of bitterness which is very unattractive; therefore they're probably less likely to achieve it. David Thewlis me failure love people You always have to look for something beautiful wherever you go. David Thewlis look you always beautiful What we do is ridiculous! I think that even when what I'm doing is serious, even when I'm not turning into a werewolf. It's a silly thing to do, isn't it? It's what you do in the playground when you're kids - but actors just never stop doing it. David Thewlis never think you serious I think the most beautiful sound is a child laughing. David Thewlis most-beautiful child think beautiful