58 Quotes by Matthew Macfadyen

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it.

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.

I don't feel like a romantic lead; I guess I feel more like a character actor.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

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.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

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

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier.

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.