Rory Kinnear Quotes

I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.

Because my dad died when I was young, and I have a severely disabled sister, I couldn't really push the envelope at home.

Writing will remain a passion project.

I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.

Having gone to a public school, I thought I knew about posh people. But I didn't know anything until I went to Oxford.

I'm not that bothered about press nights as an actor or, particularly, by what people say about me, because I see myself as a reasonably small cog.

If you're working in theatre, you have all your days to spend with your children.

I sort of understand why there is a brotherhood of Hamlets. It's a nice part of acting; you do get to be part of gangs.

I think having a dispassionate eye is a good way of making art. When you don't know the structures of a place, you are unencumbered.

I love music, and I once thought about doing a choral scholarship, but the people put me off.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become an actor. If perhaps I'd stayed on at university and become an academic.

It's quite easy for schisms to develop in societies, in villages, cities or countries.