34 Eddie Marsan Quotes for You to Enjoy

Eddie Marsan

English Actor

Born: 1968

Actor Great Me People Think You

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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't. Eddie Marsan

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The trick to acting is not to show off; it's to think the thoughts of the character. I was lucky because when I started acting, it was doing jobs above pubs. I learned to act in anonymity, so by the time people saw me, I knew what I was doing. I was crap for years, but no one saw me being crap. It's a trade you learn. Eddie Marsan

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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion. Eddie Marsan

I used to do a lot of comedy. I don't know what happened. I think it's my face. Eddie Marsan

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I'm used to being in front of camera and knowing what to think. But if you're asking me to be me, I get very self-conscious. My job isn't to be me. Being an actor, people think you can do a eulogy at a funeral, a speech at a wedding. I find all that very nerve-racking. Eddie Marsan

I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience. Eddie Marsan

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I come from a place where there's violence and inarticulacy. I worked in a pub from the age of 12 or 13. I used to see people smashing glasses over each other. I was never tough. I was scared of them. Eddie Marsan

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I'd love to play a Bond villain. Yeah, I'd love to play a Bond villain. Everyone always says this to me; they always say, 'You've got to be a Bond villain', 'We're going to make you a Bond villain...' But they've never, ever approached me, I've never had a whiff of it. I think I'd love to play a Bond villain; I'd have great fun. Eddie Marsan

I wanted to work with Bryan Singer because I like his films. Eddie Marsan

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With a face like mine, I'm never going to play a character who conquers the universe, I'm going to play characters who are subject to forces bearing down on them. My career's based on how we are rather than how we wish we were - they get the good-looking boys in for that kind of role. Eddie Marsan

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