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Damian Lewis quotes: I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

Damian Lewis quotes: I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.

Damian Lewis quotes: The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

Damian Lewis quotes: It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

Damian Lewis quotes: I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

I guess I'm just good at playing repressed individuals. I'm lucky because those are often the roles that catch people's eyes.

Damian Lewis quotes: I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.

I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.

Damian Lewis quotes: I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.

I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.

Damian Lewis quotes: My parents were incredibly inclusive.

My parents were incredibly inclusive.

Damian Lewis quotes: No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

Damian Lewis quotes: I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.

I love going for a swim. Growing up in England, anywhere with a pool seems like the height of glamour to me.

Damian Lewis quotes: Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

Damian Lewis quotes: I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

Damian Lewis quotes: My heroes were all in the theatre.

My heroes were all in the theatre.

Damian Lewis quotes: If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.

If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.

Damian Lewis quotes: You have to go where the good writing is.

You have to go where the good writing is.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm one of those pesky Brits.

I'm one of those pesky Brits.

Damian Lewis quotes: Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

Damian Lewis quotes: You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

Damian Lewis quotes: I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm always forming bands.

I'm always forming bands.

Damian Lewis quotes: People need revelation, and then they need resolution.

People need revelation, and then they need resolution.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm not very good at strategizing.

I'm not very good at strategizing.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.

I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.

Damian Lewis quotes: I've always been a narcissist.

I've always been a narcissist.

Damian Lewis quotes: Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

Damian Lewis quotes: In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

Damian Lewis quotes: L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.

L.A. still ranks as one of my guilty pleasures, along with butter-pecan ice cream and Coldplay albums.

Damian Lewis quotes: You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'

Damian Lewis quotes: I love playing sport.

I love playing sport.

Damian Lewis quotes: We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

Damian Lewis quotes: There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'd feel guilty just doing gags.

I'd feel guilty just doing gags.

Damian Lewis quotes: Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

Damian Lewis quotes: You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.

You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.

Damian Lewis quotes: I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

Damian Lewis quotes: There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.

There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.

Damian Lewis quotes: I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.

Damian Lewis quotes: I'm a slow starter.

I'm a slow starter.

Damian Lewis quotes: For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

For me the rehearsal period is the part I most enjoy. It's the creating of the story.

Damian Lewis quotes: Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.

Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.

Damian Lewis quotes: You just have to take control of your own performance.

You just have to take control of your own performance.

Damian Lewis quotes: The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

Damian Lewis quotes: Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.

Damian Lewis quotes: It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

It's an unfair comparison because when things are developed in the UK, they're developed at script stage only.

Damian Lewis quotes: What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.

What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.