The interesting thing is, when you play a real-life character or someone based in a book, you always come up against people's preconceptions of what they have in their heads. Harry Lloyd More Quotes by Harry Lloyd More Quotes From Harry Lloyd Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be. Harry Lloyd priorities-in-life greatness success My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness. Harry Lloyd polish italian parent I went to prep school, Eton and Oxford. When people hear that, they think they know you, and you think: 'No, you don't.' Harry Lloyd oxford school thinking Lecturing is that mysterious process by means of which the contents of the note-book of the professor are transferred through the instrument of the fountain pen to the note-book of the student without passing through the mind of either. Harry Lloyd mind mean book If Im honest, the reason I got into acting is not the reason Im still doing it, and if Im still doing it in ten years time, Im sure Ill find something else. Harry Lloyd honest acting years Part of George R.R. Martins brilliant storytelling is taking the carpet out from under your feet. Harry Lloyd storytelling brilliant feet I suppose the things you remember about someone who has died are the funny moments. Those are the ones that stand out. Harry Lloyd standing-out moments remember When you're on camera, you can't think of all the technical things. Harry Lloyd cameras thinking As a child, I was fascinated by the stories of Dickens acting out everything in front of the mirror as he wrote it down. Later, when you approach his work as an actor, you notice how sayable the dialogue is. Harry Lloyd acting mirrors children Peter Mullan is the least method actor around. Harry Lloyd peter method actors Theres a burgeoning film scene in Romania. Harry Lloyd romania film scene The less friendly your relationship is on camera, the more useful it is to be friends with them off camera. Harry Lloyd camera your friends relationship Adult fantasy gets a bad name. You think of Xena - Warrior Princess. If you don't do it expensively, it becomes tacky and you end up just appealing to 45-year-old single men. Harry Lloyd name think you men If you're going to be related to someone it might as well be Dickens. Harry Lloyd going well someone you I consider myself straight, but if I met a guy tomorrow and fell in love with him, would I be brave enough to accept that without having to change the way I look at myself? Harry Lloyd myself tomorrow change love I just don't think any job is worth sacrificing your private life for. Harry Lloyd your job think life It's lovely to have a part that requires you to learn something that's also interesting. Harry Lloyd something you lovely interesting There is a whole bunch of great British actors of my age who aren't film stars or theatre actors; they're very much both. Harry Lloyd great theatre stars age My parents both work in publishing, and I was a bright, academic kind of kid, and I read a lot of books, and when you read a lot, I guess the muscle that gets exercised is where you can hear the voices in your head. You can turn words into pictures and into sounds and into colours and smells. Harry Lloyd words parents you work I believe your thoughts are your thoughts, but are you a human being in front of the camera, or an actor? They are two different things. Harry Lloyd camera thoughts you believe
