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Rufus Sewell

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 29, 1967

I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

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I'd like an omelet named after me.

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People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it.

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Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing.

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People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

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My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.

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Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome.

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'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous.

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A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself.

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Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.

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I don't think the roles that I'm necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn't think I was great in 'Arcadia.' I think it's a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention.

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I don't know if the money I've earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life.

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If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long.

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I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.

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I'm very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public's memory is very short, luckily.

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I don't have any shame about the way I conducted my professional life.

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I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.

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I've discovered that I've never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I'm trying to learn - at this late stage in life! - to actually control that.

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Hollywood is my domestic idyll.

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I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

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