As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor. - Matthew Macfadyen
I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.
- Matthew Macfadyen
It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. - Matthew Macfadyen
It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not intereste… - Matthew Macfadyen
Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not intereste…
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off. - Matthew Macfadyen
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.
The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. - Matthew Macfadyen
The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.
I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by … - Matthew Macfadyen
I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by …
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly. - Matthew Macfadyen
I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.
Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role. - Matthew Macfadyen
Actors have to remind people that they can do different things, not just the same style of one role.
I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider… - Matthew Macfadyen
I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider…
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