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Lennie James
English
Actor
Born:
Oct 11
,
1965
Good
Like
People
Think
Time
You
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If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.
Lennie James
Life
Good
You
People
Bad People
Heroes
Good People
Real Life
Bad
Look
Real
Very
Hard
Describe
Villains
I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other.
Lennie James
You
Signs
Somewhere
Other
Way
Tells
One-Way
Someone
Pointing
Tourist
Exciting
Taking
Like
Go
Arriving
Left
Right
I became politicised in my mid teens, at the time of ska and 2 Tone and the Anti-Nazi League, when I'd get dressed up for a night out in my white socks and loafers, and the last thing I'd hear is, 'Have a good night - be careful of the police.'
Lennie James
Time
Good
Good Night
Police
White
Teens
Out
Be Careful
Dressed
League
Became
Hear
Up
Get
Mid
Thing
Tone
Last
Socks
Night
Careful
I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
Lennie James
Funny
People
Think
Broad
Laugh
Make
Comic
One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation.
Lennie James
Thought
Duty
Think
Gave
One Of The Things
About
Investigation
He
Liked
Until
Line
His
Justifying
Much
Actions
Things
Playing
Gates
Tony
I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.
Lennie James
Work
Time
People
Group
Owe
America
Fantastic
Really
Whole
I was dreading all of the ghost stories of working on American television, not in the least, the length. In Britain, a series is six episodes of an hour drama, maybe sometimes eight, but never twenty-two, so I was petrified of that.
Lennie James
Sometimes
Drama
Ghost
Ghost Stories
Television
Dreading
Never
Hour
Least
American
Six
Maybe
Eight
Stories
Length
Episodes
Working
American Television
Series
Petrified
Twenty-Two
Britain
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.
Lennie James
Time
Character
Films
Television
TV
TV Series
More
Than
Theater
Worked
Certainly
Series
Film
Playing
I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.
Lennie James
God
School
London
Only
Sport
Boy
South
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.
Lennie James
Good
Writing
Try
Apprenticeship
One Of The Things
Writer
Over
Like
Learnt
Hire
Years
Did
Craft
Any
Done
Acting
Things
The death penalty in the U.S. has become a political tool - and it should never be that.
Lennie James
Death
Political
Become
Tool
Penalty
Never
Death Penalty
Should
'The State Within' demands a certain intelligence from its audience. It doesn't just wash over you - it asks for commitment. And that's a really good thing.
Lennie James
Good
You
Commitment
Intelligence
State
Good Thing
Over
Demands
Within
Audience
Just
Ask
Really
Certain
Wash
Thing
I did a film once in the Sahara. It was pretty awe-inspiring. I remember sitting up on the roof of our hotel, watching the sun go down, and all around me, for 360 degrees, was nothing but sand. It took your breath away but also made you feel tiny.
Lennie James
Me
You
Remember
Roof
Made
Breath
Nothing
Down
Took
Our
Once
Sun
Degrees
All-Around
Pretty
Feel
Hotel
Also
Around
Sahara
Go
Up
Did
Sitting
Tiny
Sand
Your
Film
Away
Awe-Inspiring
Watching
I'd really like to go Sydney. I've been to Australia a few times, but I have never been there.
Lennie James
Few
Never
Like
Go
Been
Australia
Times
Really
Sydney
I was focused on either being a social worker or physiotherapist. That was the direction I was going until I met a girl who wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to be close to the girl, so I followed her into an audition.
Lennie James
Girl
Met
Focused
Followed
Direction
Until
Audition
Close
Going
Being
Wanted
Either
Social
Worker
Who
Actress
Her
The fact that I lost my mum was horrible, and if I could change anything, I would definitely change that.
Lennie James
Change
Lost
Definitely
Would
Horrible
Fact
Could
Anything
If I Could
Mum
In the kids' home I was in, there was very little change of staff. People stuck around, and they stuck around because they were being paid enough to stay there and raise their families. If you're not supporting the people looking after the kids, you're not supporting the kids, and you might as well chuck them all in the bin.
Lennie James
Home
You
Change
People
Looking
Enough
Chuck
Kids
Stay
Stuck
Supporting
Well
Because
Around
Were
Very
Families
Staff
Being
After
Little
Them
Might
Paid
Bin
Raise
I don't remember when I didn't know about Martin Luther King.
Lennie James
Remember
King
About
Martin
Martin Luther
Martin Luther King
Remember When
Know
Luther
I read the 'Guardian,' because it's a bit like having an argument with a mate. We mostly have the same sensibilities, but where we disagree, it's infuriating.
Lennie James
Disagree
Guardian
Argument
Bit
Having
Like
Mostly
Read
Because
Mate
Same
Where
Sensibilities
Infuriating
All the great shows owe a lot to 'Hill Street Blues.'
Lennie James
Great
Hill
Lot
Owe
Blues
Shows
Street
We did four months on 'Line of Duty' from beginning to end, and that would be a long theater run.
Lennie James
Long
Beginning
Duty
Months
Run
Would
Would-Be
Line
End
Did
Theater
Four
When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they have different voices.
Lennie James
Me
Characters
Voices
Like
Look
Accent
American
American Accent
Different
Who
Play
Playing
I love writing but don't get a huge amount of time to do it.
Lennie James
Love
Time
Writing
Huge
Huge Amount
Get
Amount
There was a point when I thought I would primarily be a writer, but the acting seems to have got in the way. So when I do get a chance, I jump at it.
Lennie James
Thought
Way
Would
Seems
Point
Writer
Primarily
Got
Jump
Get
Acting
Chance
I like to come home regularly and, when I do, I need something to do on Saturdays. I can't think of anything better than the mighty Tottenham Hotspur.
Lennie James
Home
Better
Think
Something
Come
Like
Than
Anything
Mighty
Regularly
Saturdays
Need
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