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Aneurin Barnard

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 8, 1987

When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister and annoy my mother and father pretending to be someone else, so I kind of was already acting when I was a child. I just didn't really know it.

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Richard Burton is my number one idol. One, because we come from very similar backgrounds and two, because of his fantastic talent.

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I was really bored in school because I couldn't do what I wanted to do, which was act. And then when I was 14, a local TV company came to the youth theater, and they were auditioning kids to be in this new TV series.

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If I played Bond, my dad probably wouldn't know what to do with himself. He'd probably put his shoes on the wrong way for the rest of his life!

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It's so much nicer to be able to do your job with someone who's helping you, and you're helping them. Then, it becomes a tennis match where you're hitting the ball back and forth, and you're a team.

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I love doing my own stunts. I'd love to do a full-on period sword-fighting piece where I get to show off with fighting and horses - I'm up for it.

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I used to just daydream all the time about being in movies, from the age of, like, four onwards. I would sit down and watch movies with my father and my grandfather, and always pretended that I was in the stories.

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For me, every opportunity is a golden opportunity, so I just need to work as hard as I can to maintain credibility and respect and hopefully people enjoy watching me as an actor.

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That's acting for you. 'White Queen' has English playing Welsh and vice versa.

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Would still love to do something with the 'Doctor Who' franchise at some point because I know they have a lot of fun.

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I tend to invest a little more than I should when I do musicals, so it takes a lot out of me and my personal life.

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It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a great skill to go from screen to stage.

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Personally speaking, tights aren't too comfortable for a man to wear.

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I like to portray things as close to the bone as possible.

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Award ceremonies are strange because you're sitting next to someone you've never met; you're celebrating with a total stranger.

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I try to look after myself, but I don't think it's a good thing to be obsessed with body image. I wouldn't want a son or daughter of mine to feel manipulated by that; it's the wrong message.

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Fame isn't happiness, but success and being respected in your craft is worth fighting for. You've got to work hard to be noticed.

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Love every role to be new, and I always like to bring a freshness to every character I play, but that comes down to the script. So, it's important that it's a good script with good, truthful characters and truthful subjects.

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I think, as a generation of British actors, we're becoming a bit soft and too manipulated by the business.

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I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.

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