Scott Gimple called me up and said, ‘ William Riggs’re going to hate this one. ’ Scott Gimple’s very good about alerting the cast when there’s going to be a( character) death, i just did n’t speak for a minute. I always thought Carl was going to be the one who led the show forward ; that Rick would hand over his boots and revolver when he walked off into the sunset in Season 28.

Andrew Lincoln

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I spend my working life pretending to be someone else.

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I would find myself getting deeply distressed if I lived in hindsight all the time.

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I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.

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I don't really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I've made the decision I don't view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path.

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I love acting. I just love it. It's in my bones. I remember when I was a kid, I watched an interview with Dennis Hopper talking about Jimmy Dean on the set of Rebel Without A Cause. Jimmy said to him, "If you've got to cry in a scene, you've got to cry. Make it real." And that's all that I believe in.

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I'm not going to pretend I'm some saint, because I'm not.

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Scott Wilson (Hershel) is a god among men

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Realizing that my children are the center of the universe and not me is probably one of the greatest ways to acclimatize.

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There's no better way to unplug than having children. Changing diapers is one of the most leveling things that has ever happened to me.

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I'm like a magpie. I use lots of different things to build a character.

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I think my wife has always been aware, whatever country we have been in, of my dramatic leading man status; a little too dramatic she would probably say.

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When you are an actor every day kind of morphs into one as there is no set structure to my job.

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I take the fan response very seriously and respond personally to my fan mail.

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The whole vanity aspect of building up different muscles - I have no interest.

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Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.

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I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

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Atlanta is an incredibly cool city.

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When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way.

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It's not the beginning of the end, it's the end of the beginning. And I like the idea that we get to tell a bigger story, maybe with a sort of wider vista.

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I love this show. It means everything to me. I love the people who make this show, i promise not to cry. I've done enough crying on screen.

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