146 Quotes by Damian Lewis

My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.

There are ways of avoiding becoming tabloid fodder and therefore giving people license to pry into your private life. And there's a distinction between being an actor and being a celebrity. You may become a celebrity through acting, but you don't need to do so.

My background was fairly conservative, and I think there's a strong notion of duty in a background like that, and I don't think that's always helpful.

This high-end, novelistic form of TV, you know, is just peppered with despicable people who do marvelous things and marvelous people who do despicable things.

The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!

There is a machismo about an American male who is robust, athletic, able to build things, and he takes care of stuff. And it's a point of pride.

Would I have traded 'Homeland' for anything else? No. Would I trade 'Billions' for anything else? No.

I'd feel guilty just doing gags.

I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.