63 Quotes by Rufus Sewell

I wasn't a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out.

The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I'm offered. If I didn't, I'd only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse.

I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release.

As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity.

I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome.

Of course, I want to look good, as that helped me get jobs. But it didn't get me the jobs I wanted and it held me back.

I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground.