You're always looking for good scripts and when they're not always forthcoming you go mad. Jonny Lee Miller More Quotes by Jonny Lee Miller More Quotes From Jonny Lee Miller If youre serious about what youre doing, youve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you wont reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back. Jonny Lee Miller dizzyheightserious I've never taken myself too seriously, I'm not into that. Jonny Lee Miller taken When you're playing a character, you don't really want to have an opinion about where you're going to end up. Otherwise, you can't really stay in the moment and in your character. Jonny Lee Miller opinionwantcharacter I think Danny Boyle's got it in his head that we all still look too young (to do a 'Trainspotting' sequel.) But, I mean, I don't look like anyone I play, anyways, so I don't really know where that comes from. Because, you know, you change yourself for the roles. I'm actually not Scottish, either! Jonny Lee Miller playmeanthinking I like to play different types roles, but I'd like to do a comedy next. Jonny Lee Miller rolesdifferentplay I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work. Jonny Lee Miller best-workluckydone The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role -- unless you're just vain about celebrity. You're always looking for the one thing that will surprise you. Jonny Lee Miller rolesactorssatisfaction I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you. Jonny Lee Miller happy-personbeing-honesthonest You're trying to bring a character to an audience, and tell stories. That's what we're all trying do. Jonny Lee Miller storiestryingcharacter I dont think any actor has the luxury of knowing exactly what scripts are going to turn out well and what ones arent. It would be wonderful to have that particular skill, and maybe people like Tom Cruise have it more than most, but you go into each project hoping that a good, if not great, film will come out the other end. Jonny Lee Miller luxuryknowingthinking Being part of 'Natural Nylon' is a great way to have an influence on the films that get out there. I love films and it gives me an input. Jonny Lee Miller nyloninputgiving Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that's what I'm going to do. Jonny Lee Miller mathrunningkids I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor. Jonny Lee Miller humornew-yorkdirty Vampires are immortal, you can do whatever you want, and get away with it. And there's the seduction part of course, sex is a big part of the vampire thing. Jonny Lee Miller vampirewantsex I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that. Jonny Lee Miller performanceswantpeople For me, there are two different things that make Sherlock Sherlock. One is, you know, within the books: obviously he's a genius with an attention to detail, his ravenous hunger for all aspects of knowledge that might feed into his work. But the major thing that makes him Sherlock is his relationship with Watson - their friendship. For me, that, I guess, is the biggest side, the more interesting side than the genius. Jonny Lee Miller twobookinteresting I used a bike in London and that's it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly. Jonny Lee Miller bikinglondonused I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it. Jonny Lee Miller worth-itlong When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone. Jonny Lee Miller shootinglastswant Some people can handle fame, some can't. Jonny Lee Miller handlefamepeople
