22 Quotes by Samuel Barnett

My life, my family and my friends are back in the U.K., so ideally I would love the kind of career that is split between London and New York.

Obviously we had to study Shakespeare at school, but to be honest, I was not a fan. I found the language very difficult, and I didn't enjoy watching it or studying it. I auditioned five times for the Royal Shakespeare Company early on in my career, and I didn't even get past the first rounds.

I have been out of drama school for 13 years, so there are 13 years' worth of graduates behind me.

I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.

I feel like I've gotten more than a lot of people will ever get. I feel very fortunate.

With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.

Journalists have sometimes looked to my Twitter account and quoted me from there, and that's fine because that's public domain. I know exactly what I'm doing when I post something on Twitter; in a way, it's saying, 'This is who I am, and I don't have anything to hide.'

Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.

The Pre-Raphaelites, while very bothered by what the establishment thought of them, also utterly rebelled against it. In everything - social, sexual, emotional - they were out on a limb, pushing the boundaries.