Rupert Friend Quotes

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Rupert Friend

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 1, 1981

All I would say is that when I've been very down or having kind of a tough time in my life, certain films or pieces of music or books have changed that. They've taken me out of a dark place and put me into a more positive one. And I think that if we can do that for people, then it's certainly worth doing.

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One of my uncles took me to my first movie in a cinema - 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

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The more I'm committed to finding a way to genuinely be immersed in someone else's life, the more enjoyment there is in it. I've never been interested in smoke and mirrors and cutting corners. I'd rather just do it for real.

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Eating cold tuna fish out of a tin on a porch while two people are in love across a lake - I think that's desperately lonely.

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I am a very sporadic watcher of television. I don't watch a lot of it.

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The old saying, 'An army marches on its stomach' has never been more true than in film and television. If it's good, cheerful, and exciting and full of great yummy things, then everyone does really well. If it's the opposite, it's very disappointing.

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We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems.

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I would say that being open to new things is kind of vital in this line of work, if not all lines of work, and being prepared to embrace the challenge of the new thing is something I want in my life until the day it's over.

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I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared.

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I'm a big fan of imagination. I think it's the strongest tool we have, and there are some things that you just can't practice.

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Everybody has many people inside of them. I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want.

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I've been a big blagger all my life.

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Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action films.

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One of the things I noticed in my career that gave me a lot of happiness early on was realising we don't have any control.

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