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Jamie Dornan

Profession : Actor

Birth : May 1, 1982

I think when romantic comedies are done well, it's a great genre. 'When Harry Met Sally' is kind of a benchmark for me, but I'm very happy to admit that I love 'Pretty Woman.' I do! It's a great film, and so is 'Sixteen Candles.' I was a big John Hughes fan - still am. I have moments where I have to watch a Hughes film.

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The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

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I'm not saying that experiencing loss is why I can cope with darker worlds - I'm not saying that for a second - but I think it opens up a side of you in terms of work that wouldn't be as accessible had that stuff not happened.

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Being a leading man can come in many different forms.

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I've always needed to bulk up, so until the modeling took off I was ramming Big Macs down my throat and doing plenty of bodyweight work. I'm over the Big Macs now, but I'll still drop down and do my press ups whenever I find the time.

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I'm amazed if people are happy in their own skin.

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I think people from Northern Ireland have some kind of unspoken general feeling of what it is to be around segregation. You have an awareness of it because you know how much grief it's caused.

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People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.

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When I think of sex symbols, I think of posters my two sisters had on their bedroom walls.

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A doctor once told me I have abnormal levels of adrenaline in my system.

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Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.

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'The Fall' changed my life - that's not an overstatement.

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I feel very tied to Ireland and the U.K. and that side of the world.

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Basically, I've always had a complex with the way I walk. I've not always been told I've got a bad walk, but someone's always commented on my walk.

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To play any character, you have to have a total understanding of why they do what they do.

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I don't think if you looked up all the main points of feminism I would tick every one essentially myself.

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I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.

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I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

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I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

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Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

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