James Nesbitt Quotes

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James Nesbitt

Profession : Actor

Birth : January 15, 1965

I'm not very good at standard English.

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I've never felt that acting was my vocation - never had that tortured thing. I love acting, but it doesn't feed my soul.

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Before I read the 'Bloody Sunday' script, I have to admit I hadn't thought about it that much. There was probably even part of me which assumed there was no smoke without fire. That the Catholics who were shot must have done something to provoke such a response from the army. I was extremely ignorant of the whole situation.

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When you're brought up in a Unionist culture, you can't help but feel Unionist.

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The whole process of making 'Bloody Sunday' was difficult but extraordinary.

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I get an awful lot of people coming up and saying they went to school with me. There must have been 80,000 pupils at that school!

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It's easy to get carried away with yourself.

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My mother certainly doesn't think I'm charming!

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In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.

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Who am I to pass judgment? Judgment has been passed on me, but I adhere to, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'

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You can get a bit world-weary in this job, and 'The Passion' reminded me of what a fantastic job acting is and how lucky I am to be doing it.

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If you are a Northern Irish actor, maybe subconsciously more than consciously, you do have an instinctive responsibility at some point to tackle the recent history of where we have come from. It's not only a responsibility, but a privilege.

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I'm no pin-up.

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Ever since I left Northern Ireland, I've always been pretty comfortable on my own, which contradicts a lot of people's perceptions of me.

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I've got a history in my life of difficult times.

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When you see a tumour in the brain, it's an ugly looking thing. It's kind of black, grisly and messy. Or it can be white. To see it taken away is just amazing.

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My agent Sue realised after 'Cold Feet' that I could have spent the rest of my life doing similar roles. So she was instrumental in moving me away from that.

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Tumours can come out of nowhere.

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Although surgeons know how to deal with bits of the brain, they don't really know how it works.

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There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

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