63 Quotes by Rufus Sewell

People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.

I was the lead in 'Interview With The Vampire', until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in 'The Wings Of The Dove' with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in 'Shakespeare In Love' with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart.

When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite.

I recognize myself to a lesser or greater extent in everything I read, good and bad, and that's part of being a human being if you're honest enough. And obviously the darker parts are the things you don't let control you.

Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose.

I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while.

I'm hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.