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Matthew Macfadyen

The lovely thing about being ...

The lovely thing about being an actor is being anonymous, it's never having to explain yourself. And that's what I find interesting about actors or painters I admire. I don't want to know about their lives.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I think I do have a good eye....

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor.

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Matthew Macfadyen

Nobody's just arrogant. I've ...

Nobody's just arrogant. I've met people who are embattled and dismissive, but when you get to know them, you find that they're vulnerable - that that hauteur or standoffishiness is because they're pedaling furiously underneath.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I was quite a shy child. I wo...

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I would hate not to do a play...

I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

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Matthew Macfadyen

What's exciting is there's a ...

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind.

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Matthew Macfadyen

As much as I long for a sort ...

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I love TV and I love making f...

I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I think it sits quite happily...

I think it sits quite happily with me, the condition of being an actor. I see some people getting quite eaten up with it, with the insecurities. There are times when I long for continuity and stability, but I also love the idea of not knowing what I'll be doing next - or even if I'm going to work.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I try to be fussy about the p...

I try to be fussy about the parts I play. I think that's quite prudent, it means you're stretching different muscles, and you're scaring yourself by doing something which is out of your comfort zone.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I wouldn't want to leave it s...

I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I have felt some twinges rece...

I have felt some twinges recently, about parts I wanted to play that I may be getting too old and fat to do. 'Hamlet,' for example - maybe that's gone. I would love to play Richard II.

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Matthew Macfadyen

Nobody's really unsympathetic...

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested.

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Matthew Macfadyen

Apart from earning an awful l...

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

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Matthew Macfadyen

Nobody's really unsympathetic...

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested. Even the real monsters have to have a spark of something you can relate to.

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Matthew Macfadyen

Some British actors are snobb...

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I've worried more and more as...

I've worried more and more as the years have gone on. The more you're seen to be doing well, the more stress there is. You feel you ought to consider things more, and be more fussy - there's further to fall. All these little worries.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I can't throw books away. My ...

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

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Matthew Macfadyen

I'd auditioned for the Nation...

I'd auditioned for the National Youth Theatre and I didn't get a place and it was terrifying.

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Matthew Macfadyen

It must be odd, being recogni...

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

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