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My mom was a history teacher, so I couldn't really avoid history when I was growing up. But we're very light on American history. We don't really have great opportunities to study both the Civil War and the Revolution. Owain Yeoman
War Teacher Mom Great History Light Opportunities Revolution Civil Civil War Both Study Up Very American American History Really Avoid Growing Growing Up
Being typecast is the enemy of any actor, so if you can try to do something that flips on the head peoples' ideas of who you are or what you can do, that's my biggest aim. Owain Yeoman
You People Enemy Try Aim Typecast Something Head Ideas Any Being Biggest Who Flips Actor
Most redoubted lord and right sovereign cousin, may the Almighty Lord have you in his keeping. Owen Glendower
You Almighty Most Lord Cousin His Sovereign May Keeping Right
I'm totally obsessed with Dickens, and 'Great Expectations' was one of the first book's I read when I was still in school in Porthcawl. Paul Rhys
Great Book School First Totally Obsessed Read Still Dickens Expectations
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children. Paula Yates
Time Day One Day At A Time Live Think Relatively One Day Worthwhile Hour Makes Children Again Straight Now Starting
I don't think that sleeping with one of the owners gives you the advantages people think it does. Paula Yates
You People Think Sleeping Gives Advantages Does Owners
You might think about putting some heavy-duty hooks into the ceiling joists and beams so that you can have a rope ladder, or a small swing inside your house. Paula Yates
You Ladder Think Hooks Inside Some About Small Putting House Ceiling Might Rope Your Swing
I'm a recycling obsessive. Perdita Weeks
Recycling Obsessive
It can be heart-breaking when you don't get something you really want, but there's always the next time. Perdita Weeks
Time You Something Always Get Want Really Next Next Time
'The Da Vinci Code' and films of that nature are the ones that I really enjoy because you are learning and working out riddles as you go along. Perdita Weeks
Nature You Learning Enjoy Films Out Along Because Go Really Working Riddles Code
My name is synonymous with corsets and ringlets. Perdita Weeks
Synonymous Corsets Name
I think the English public loves period drama. I love watching them myself. It's such a massive part of our TV tastes, even though, as an actor, you don't want to be doing the same thing again and again. Perdita Weeks
Love Myself You Same Thing Think Drama Our Though TV Part Massive Period Doing Same Tastes Want Again Loves Public Them English Even Actor Thing Watching
'The Great Fire' is more what I'm used to - being in costume and make-up for a long time, trying to be 'period appropriate.' Perdita Weeks
Time Great Long Fire Long Time Appropriate More Costume Period Trying Being Used
There was a great ensemble in 'The Great Fire,' and it was great not having the same parade of actors. Perdita Weeks
Great Fire Ensemble Parade Having Same Actor
It was a little bit strange as an English woman cast in 'Rebellion.' I read up about the events and, honestly, I knew very little about it to begin with it. It wasn't something that they cover in English schools at all. Perdita Weeks
Woman Strange Rebellion Events Honestly Bit About Something Cast Knew Schools Read Cover Up Very Begin Little Little Bit English
My heritage is Scottish and a lot of Irish, too. Perdita Weeks
Heritage Too Lot Irish Scottish
It's good for an actor to have, well, a big gob. Perdita Weeks
Good Big Well Actor
It takes one heck of a lot of energy to be an actor-director - a rather terrifying prospect but a challenge I would definitely relish in the future, given the chance. Perdita Weeks
Future Challenge Energy Definitely Would Relish Rather Given Takes Prospect Terrifying Lot Heck Chance
My overly ambitious dream is to be a Lena Dunham - I get immense pleasure seeing her name repeated over and over in the end credits of her brilliant creation 'Girls.' Perdita Weeks
Brilliant Girl Creation Pleasure Immense Dream Seeing Over Name Overly Repeated End Ambitious Get In The End Lena Dunham Her Credits
It feels quite cool, in a mad way, to be someone who skulks about in the shadows. Peter Baynham
Way Mad Shadows About Someone Feels Quite Who Cool
In 2001, my father finally succumbed to the bone cancer that had tortured him for seven years. His last weeks were a terrible, black icing on the cake, the agony, the slow twisting, thinning and snapping of his skeleton. Everything fell apart. Peter Baynham
Cake Cancer Father Black Slow Bone Seven Everything Finally Tortured Weeks Had Fell Terrible Him Were His Years Skeleton Apart Icing Succumbed Agony Twisting Last
No subject is unsuitable for comedy. Peter Baynham
Comedy Unsuitable Subject
The redemption plot is one of the oldest story shapes. Peter Baynham
Plot Shapes Redemption Story Oldest
I have always been against cruelty to animals and remain so. Peter Baynham
Animals Cruelty Remain Always Been Against
So many Christmas films either are twee, or try and go super edgy, then stick on something Christmassy at the end of the movie. Peter Baynham
Christmas Try Films Super Something Edgy Stick Go End Movie Either Then Many
People sort of imagine Chris Morris and me sitting somewhere dark, with dripping taps and chilling background music. In fact, we like to sit on his roof in the sunshine - and there's an endless amount of just sitting there, going, 'So, erm, er, what shall we do?' Peter Baynham
Music Me People Dark Sunshine Roof Somewhere Sit Background Shall Fact Dripping Morris Like Sort His Sitting Endless Going Just In Fact Chilling Chris Amount Imagine
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