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Aneurin Barnard
Welsh
Actor
Born:
May 8
,
1987
Love
Me
People
Think
Work
You
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For me as a Welsh actor, Richard Burton is one of my biggest idols. And I've got so many: Peter O'Toole, Laurence Olivier and Oliver Reed. If they got 'Hunky Dory' and 'Citadel' offered to them, they would do completely different jobs on both of them.
Aneurin Barnard
Me
Citadel
Jobs
Would
Laurence
Laurence Olivier
Both
Got
Idols
Reed
Welsh
Offered
Different
Biggest
Them
Richard
Many
Peter
Actor
Oliver
Bond is actually my dream role. Only because it was the film I watched with my grandfathers and father from a very young age, and it would be the only way that I could actually repay them with my art form for what they've done for me.
Aneurin Barnard
Art
Me
Age
Father
Young
Way
Dream
Would
Would-Be
Only
Could
Because
Repay
Art Form
Very
Role
Done
Young Age
Form
Them
Grandfathers
Film
Actually
Watched
Bond
I used to just daydream all the time about being in movies, from the age of, like, four onwards. I would sit down and watch movies with my father and my grandfather, and always pretended that I was in the stories.
Aneurin Barnard
Time
Age
Father
Sit
Down
Would
Pretended
About
Daydream
Like
Always
Just
Being
Stories
Movies
Grandfather
Used
Four
Watch
When I was a kid, I used to pretend to be Bond; I used to make up scenarios and irritate my sister and annoy my mother and father pretending to be someone else, so I kind of was already acting when I was a child. I just didn't really know it.
Aneurin Barnard
Mother
Father
Pretending
Mother And Father
Sister
Else
Kid
Kind
Pretend
Someone
Scenarios
Annoy
Know
Make
Make Up
Up
Child
Just
Irritate
Really
Acting
Used
Bond
Richard Burton is my number one idol. One, because we come from very similar backgrounds and two, because of his fantastic talent.
Aneurin Barnard
Backgrounds
Similar
My Number One
Talent
Come
Because
Idol
His
Very
Fantastic
Richard
Number
Two
If I played Bond, my dad probably wouldn't know what to do with himself. He'd probably put his shoes on the wrong way for the rest of his life!
Aneurin Barnard
Life
Rest
Shoes
Way
He
Put
Wrong
Wrong Way
Know
Himself
His
Dad
Played
Bond
I never like to stick to one media; whether it's a TV series or feature film, I enjoy it and I like changing constantly.
Aneurin Barnard
Enjoy
Changing
TV
TV Series
Constantly
Feature
Feature Film
Never
Like
Stick
Whether
Series
Media
Film
A friend of mine once, when I was 11 years old, mentioned that there was a youth theater, a local amateur youth theater nearby where young people could go every Sunday. And that's where it began, really.
Aneurin Barnard
Youth
People
Old
Sunday
Young
Every
Every Sunday
Local
Once
Mine
Mentioned
Could
Amateur
Go
Years
Friend
Began
Where
Theater
Young People
Really
Nearby
I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there.
Aneurin Barnard
School
Wait
Drama
Drama School
Way
Tried
Admired
About
Could
Had
Knew
Liked
Until
Got
Auditions
Go
Get
Agent
Realized
Then
Actor
Started
I want to do something original rather than interpret someone else's performance, which is always the risk - even if it's only in a subconscious way. I want to concentrate on giving my own fresh interpretation.
Aneurin Barnard
Giving
Subconscious
Own
Interpretation
Else
Way
Someone
Something
My Own
Rather
Risk
Only
Performance
Concentrate
Fresh
Always
Than
Want
Which
Original
Even
Interpret
It's so much nicer to be able to do your job with someone who's helping you, and you're helping them. Then, it becomes a tennis match where you're hitting the ball back and forth, and you're a team.
Aneurin Barnard
You
Job
Back
Able
Someone
Tennis
Match
Ball
Becomes
Hitting
Where
Them
Forth
Then
Much
Your
Team
Helping
Nicer
I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect. That's important to me in any work I do. For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing.
Aneurin Barnard
Work
Truth
Character
Me
You
People
Key
Important
Big
Find
Pretty
About
Glamorous
Between
Look
Big Believer
Audience
Always
Doing
Effect
Trying
Any
Whether
Connect
Connection
Believer
Things
Playing
Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different, and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box. Of course, every actor has their box, and you have to respect and play for it, but I do love challenging myself.
Aneurin Barnard
Love
Myself
Character
Me
You
Respect
Job
Important
Fall
Every
Has-Been
Stereotypical
Box
Course
Because
Been
Done
Different
Want
Far
Really
Actor
Challenging
Play
Love every role to be new, and I always like to bring a freshness to every character I play, but that comes down to the script. So, it's important that it's a good script with good, truthful characters and truthful subjects.
Aneurin Barnard
Love
Good
Character
Important
Down
Every
Characters
Good Script
New
Like
Always
Freshness
Subjects
Truthful
Role
Script
Play
Bring
All I did as a child was pretend to be James Bond or Marlon Brando. When I was about four, I put on my dad's work boots and went up and down the street with his walking stick pretending to be Charlie Chaplin.
Aneurin Barnard
Work
Pretending
Down
Chaplin
Marlon Brando
Boots
Pretend
Charlie
Charlie Chaplin
About
Put
Stick
His
Up
Up And Down
Walking
Brando
Child
Did
James
James Bond
Dad
Street
Four
Bond
I wanted to be a stuntman. I've done stunts since I was 11, and wanted to be able to do them whatever kind of work I ended up in. I've had a horse roll on me, but luckily, everything stayed intact.
Aneurin Barnard
Work
Me
Whatever
Everything
Kind
Able
Stayed
Horse
Had
Since
Stunts
Intact
Up
Roll
Ended
Done
Wanted
Them
Luckily
I try to be respectful and talk to any fan and sign anything that anyone wants. Without the fans, you're not much. You need fans to do this job. I've got a nice little following, and it seems to be growing as each thing comes out.
Aneurin Barnard
You
Try
Fans
Job
Nice
Respectful
Sign
Out
Following
Seems
Talk
Without
Got
Any
Anyone
Fan
Anything
Wants
Little
Much
Each
Growing
Thing
Need
Different films, different genres show the different things I do. It's nice because it brings different groups of people to following what I'm doing. So hopefully, it kind of reiterates that I'm not just a one-trick pony as well.
Aneurin Barnard
People
Nice
Films
Kind
Hopefully
Following
Well
Genres
Because
Doing
Just
Different
Pony
Different Genres
Show
Groups
Different Things
Things
Brings
I like to portray things as close to the bone as possible.
Aneurin Barnard
Bone
Possible
Like
Close
Things
Portray
If you have 130 people on set, all with different opinions, sometimes it's going to kick off. There might be some people who say I'm a big problem to work with - that you couldn't tell me anything - but hopefully, they don't.
Aneurin Barnard
Work
Me
You
People
Problem
Sometimes
Some People
Big
Different Opinions
Kick
Say
Tell
Hopefully
Some
Opinions
Off
Big Problem
Going
Different
Anything
Might
Who
Set
I try to look after myself, but I don't think it's a good thing to be obsessed with body image. I wouldn't want a son or daughter of mine to feel manipulated by that; it's the wrong message.
Aneurin Barnard
Myself
Good
Son
Try
Daughter
Think
Mine
Good Thing
Wrong
Feel
Obsessed
Look
Message
Want
After
Manipulated
Body
Body Image
Thing
Image
I love doing my own stunts. I'd love to do a full-on period sword-fighting piece where I get to show off with fighting and horses - I'm up for it.
Aneurin Barnard
Love
Own
Fighting
Show Off
My Own
Horses
Piece
Period
Stunts
Doing
Off
Up
Get
Where
Show
Full-On
I've picked a camera up a few times. I remember buying my first camera when I was about 18 and really going wild with it, as you do as an 18-year-old, especially when you're in college.
Aneurin Barnard
You
Remember
College
First
Few
Wild
About
Picked
Camera
Up
Times
Going
Really
Buying
It's a really good format to have, to go back to theatre and build yourself as an actor. I think it's a great skill to go from screen to stage.
Aneurin Barnard
Good
Great
Theatre
Yourself
Build
Stage
Think
Back
Go
Screen
Format
Really
Skill
Actor
One thing I learnt was that you don't have to spend all day shooting: you can get it done in half an hour if you're that talented as a cameraman.
Aneurin Barnard
Day
You
Half
Spend
All Day
One Thing
Talented
Hour
Learnt
Cameraman
Get
Shooting
Done
Thing
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