83 Quotes by James Purefoy

Ancient Rome was a violent place.

When you're dealing with killing people and things that are upsetting, that can be a delicate place to occupy yourself for a day.

It has taken a long time for me to be able to really just be in front of the camera.

One of the great things about being an actor is that you have a completely different challenge every few months.

Ring tones are just irritating, aren't they?

You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.

Airport security is a particular bugbear. At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, while I can see that averting terrorism is manifestly important, the measures taken seem, simultaneously, absurd.

Joe Carroll had a certain black comedy to him. But I think it's lovely playing a man who, in his heart and soul, is a gentle man. And he's wounded and complicated.

A voice and an accent are two very different things. The voice of a man is how he speaks from his heart, right in the middle of him... And then you stick an accent on top of that.