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33 quotes by Matthew Macfadyen

David Matthew Macfadyen (born 17 October 1974) is a BAFTA award-winning English actor, known for his roles as MI5 Intelligence Officer Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series Spooks, Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice and Daniel in the Frank Oz comedy Death at a Funeral. He is also known for portraying John Birt in the political drama Frost/Nixon, as well as Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC series Ripper Street.
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As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's... →

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I did four or five years in telly, and by the end of it was drained. I was a bit sick of myself. I didn't feel like an actor anymore. That sounds... →

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The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.

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My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

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It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

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You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

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Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

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I just loved the whole idea of being an actor.

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I love books.

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I love TV and I love making films and I love doing plays. I feel very lucky to be able to do all three.

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I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

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I would hate not to do a play every couple of years. I think it's not me.

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I wouldn't want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly.

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