Matthew Macfadyen

People like to think that actors are terribly worried about ghosts of other actors in the parts they play. But you just have to get on with it. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#get #ghosts #just #like #other

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#british #british actors #i #snobby #some

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#always #hair #like #me #more

There's always a concern as an actor that you'll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#always #boring #character #concern #swinging

What's exciting is there's a curtain that divides the audience from this other world. You want to see behind. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#behind #curtain #divides #exciting #other

You never know how films are going to do and it is daunting if I think about it. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#daunting #films #going #how #i

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you. ↗

— Matthew Macfadyen

#before #hamlet #never #play #played