There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.

Hugh Dancy

Categorized in : Inspiring Personality Autism

There's a part of me that wants to look nice and occasionally wants to be snappy, and the other part of me that just wants to wear the same sweater until I die. And I'm in constant conflict between those two sides.

sweaters two-sides nice

In real life, I try to be honest but not overshare. There are people that turn every conversation into a therapy session and you want to start charging them.

real trying people

No one has ever mistaken me for someone who should be giving fashion advice, but I will say I'm always impressed by women who have kind of figured out their own style and comfort. That's what I find attractive.

fashion advice giving

I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.

growing-up drama school

I'm fortunate in that I don't think I've ever fallen in love with somebody who hasn't fallen in love with me. I actually think it's quite rare that that happens, in a true way.

fallen way thinking

Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for whe... by Hugh Dancy

Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over.

very-good acting

You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.

chemistry phrases jobs

I think that women don't bother disguising their desire and pleasure in dressing up, and that men, for whatever reason, tend to be a little more embarrassed.

dressing-up men thinking

When something is iconic, if you're very careful and delicate, you can add onto that iconography. It can expand. People have attached so much to it themselves, and connected to it, so the risks are big, but the potential is enormous, at the same time.

iconography risk people

I don't like to be challenged in the way that often happens, where somebody writes something and then you, as an actor, are expected to really make it up in your imagination. That's not really an ideal way of working.

actors imagination writing

So to answer your question, Im not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.

actors mistake today

Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never pl... by Hugh Dancy

Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never play in a million years.

play book years

The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new experience for me. I've never sung before and I've certainly never sung on screen. I think I sung on stage when I was 13 and for some reason nobody's asked me to try it again since.

new-experiences song thinking

There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.

careers opportunity people

Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable. by Hugh Dancy

Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.

fluffy shirts definitions

Whether it's from the books or the films, there are some people that will have a very fixed idea in their head. You're not going to match that. At a certain point, you have to accept that.

book people ideas

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body. by Hugh Dancy

Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.

ireland body spirit

In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person tha... by Hugh Dancy

In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.

aquariums acting opposites

I think I can lead a pretty anonymous life, yeah. by Hugh Dancy

I think I can lead a pretty anonymous life, yeah.

yeah i-can thinking

But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.

dublin paris culture