One of the great privileges of having grown up in a middle-class literary English household, but having gone to school in the front lines in Southeast London, was that I became half-street-urchin and half-good-boy at home. I knew that dichotomy was possible.
From Daniel Day-Lewis
I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German.
I'm not picky, quite honestly.
I broke things to get attention.
Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.
Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that.
It is awesome to feel you are carrying on the family name.
It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
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