To walk into the hall of mirrors of Versailles as Louis XIV and deliver a monologue on your own in an empty hall of mirrors is like no other experience. George Blagden More Quotes by George Blagden More Quotes From George Blagden Never aim to be proactive with your day. That way, if you end up getting stuff done, you’re never disappointed. George Blagden done stuff way The best characters to play are the ones who have deep internal conflict. George Blagden conflict play character I've worked a lot of historical stuff back in Sweden and there's always conflict with horses. I get a bit paranoid when I'm on them, and they can sense that and they get a bit paranoid. It ends up in this bad spiral where I don't want to be on them, and they don't want me on their backs. George Blagden sweden horse historical Always, when I get onto horseback, I'm kind of terrified of being up there. George Blagden horseback terrified kind Learning about acting for camera is really quite exciting to engage with and deal with. George Blagden cameras acting exciting It's hard when you are trying to ingratiate yourself in a completely foreign world. It takes a long time. George Blagden yourself you time long Essentially, Louis XIV created exclusivity. If we look at how we live our lives today, many of us are members of clubs or gyms. We search out exclusivity. He created the world of fashion at Versailles. George Blagden look fashion today world I guess if you have had a good education as opposed to someone who hasn't been to school, you start off on this journey having studied Shakespeare for years and years or studied classics. I suppose why people see this big divide - the boarding school boys getting all the roles - is because they feel like some people have had a head start. George Blagden good you journey education I have such a sweet tooth, which is a nightmare when you're trying to be good. George Blagden good you trying sweet I did school plays, and then, at the age of 18, I applied to drama school in London, and I got in. I've been very lucky that no one so far has stopped me from being able to live my dream - the industry or my parents. George Blagden parents me age school The Vikings colonized Britain, and a lot of our modern day towns are named after Viking names that settled these big towns. George Blagden big day modern names Sometimes when you're stood in front of 100 people, delivering a speech with rage and lots of emotion, that can be utterly terrifying. I find that very scary. George Blagden you speech sometimes people A lot of people would probably get quite bored watching a series about a king who is powerful and never showed any vulnerability. George Blagden king never powerful people Modern audiences are so intelligent. They work at such a fast pace that if you don't give enough stimulus at a breakneck speed, they will become disinterested. George Blagden will you speed work It's bizarre: sometimes I go through periods where I really want to put a song up online, and sometimes I'm sort of busy with other things... It's very much a hobby, that kind of thing. I sort of post it more for maybe my mom's benefit, and suddenly she says, 'It's got 50,000 views.' And I think maybe I should've put it as private. George Blagden mom busy song sometimes I think there's something nice about singing for a kind of particular purpose. George Blagden think singing nice purpose As anyone who even remotely knows me, I will eat chicken with some chicken, and maybe more chicken. Chicken done any which way, basically. George Blagden chicken will me way I hate not working. It's that lack of purpose. It becomes very easy to lie in until midday. George Blagden lie hate purpose easy Everyone at drama school called me Musical Boy. George Blagden boy me drama school I got makeup tests and hair tests for 'Versailles,' and the main thing they were obsessed with was that my hands were disgusting. I had three years of Irish dirt under my nails. I had to have manicures and everything. George Blagden nails makeup hair hands
