There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it on again.

- Joe Dempsie

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

- Joe Dempsie

Audiences in every medium are becoming far more savvy. No one goes to watch a Tom Cruise movie any more just because it's starring Tom Cruise.

- Joe Dempsie

I just wanted what was outside to be different.

- Joe Dempsie

Concept is what makes actors raise their game.

- Joe Dempsie

Southcliffe is an anthem to ordinary peoples ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

- Joe Dempsie

It's amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly.

- Joe Dempsie