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Damian Lewis

English Actor

Born: Feb 11, 1971

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'24' had to withstand accusations of being right-wing, but 'Homeland' is a far more liberal show. Damian Lewis

Liberal Right-Wing More Had Withstand Accusation Being Far Show Homeland

I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody. Damian Lewis

Doing Loved Loved Playing Homeland Playing

I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar. Damian Lewis

You Army Age School Young Way Similar Emotion Emotionally Suppress Lot Young Age Being Boarding Boarding School Teaches Cope

None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives. Damian Lewis

Knowledge CIA Anxiety Fear Remember Live State Our Danger Our Lives About General Prevent General Public Clear Knew Failed None Very Any Happen Public Might Gonna Us Bin Now Lives Present

I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately. Damian Lewis

People Few Think Distinction Between Operating Understand Still Very Wall Wall Street Few People CEOs Separately Billionaires Street

I found the hedge-fund guys I met all to be very, very concentrated listeners - watchful and articulate and quick to defend, if needed. They all seemed to have this contained sitting posture. The legs, if they weren't crossed at right angles, tended to be close over the knee, their hands put together. Damian Lewis

Together Met Seemed Posture Crossed Angles Guys Knee Put Contained Over Concentrated Were Quick Very Close Articulate Hands Sitting Listeners Legs Found Right Watchful Defend Needed

It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space. Damian Lewis

Space Important House Order

The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans! Damian Lewis

Background Tend Coming American Irony Blue-Collar White-Collar Play British

I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent. Damian Lewis

Good Not Good Enough Enough Out Accent American American Accent Flip

I am extremely lucky, and I enjoy the level of work that I am able to work at. Damian Lewis

Work Enjoy Extremely Able Am Lucky Level

I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly. Damian Lewis

Work Good People Good People Mostly Material Been Interesting Careful

I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do. Damian Lewis

There is a latent anger in a lot of people that went to boarding school at an early age. I was eight. And I loved it over the five years, but I think the adjustments for eight-year-olds are a lot. And I think it informs who you are for a long, long time. Damian Lewis

Time You Anger Age People School Long Long Time Think Latent Adjustment Over Years Lot Five Eight Loved Boarding Informs Boarding School Who Early Early Age

If you have the same drive and passions that everybody else has - for example, if you're trying to do the right thing for your family and do the right thing for people you employ - then you can be forgiven quite a lot. Damian Lewis

Family You Do The Right Thing People Example Drive Everybody Everybody Else Else Right Thing Employ For Example Passions Lot Trying Same Forgiven Quite Quite A Lot The Right Thing Then Your Right Thing

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

People Think Scared Tension Like Suspense Movie

I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics. Damian Lewis

Politics Good Family People Mother Listening Sunday Big Thinking Say Plenty All-Around London Feet She Talking Around Go Were Lot Up Loud Very Hearth Big Thing Children Grew Loved Us Should Used Mum Her Thing Four Gather

I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace. Damian Lewis

Education You Age People School First Community Living Furnace Out Kind One Thing About Lifelong Come Retreat Talk Friendships Forged Eight Boarding Boarding School Little Then Teaches Prep Why Thing

I'm not very good at strategizing. Damian Lewis

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If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row. Damian Lewis

You Director Amazing Think Incredible Another End Up May Want Story Script Fantastic Then Your Play Row Playing Third

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

You Own Control Take Performance Just Your

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