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David Morrissey

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David Morrissey is a renowned British actor known for his exceptional performances in films and television. Born on June 21, 1964, he has been active in the British film and television industry since the early 1990s. Morrissey has starred in numerous productions, including 'The Shawshank Redemption', 'Sherlock Holmes', and 'The Crown', earning widespread acclaim for his acting skills.

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“Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.”

Pleasure Planning Chill Daydreaming Loafing

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“'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.”

People Sometimes Character Evil Term Blanket Demonic

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“I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.”

Ifs Thinking Men Turns Party Dresses Invisible Fancy Invited

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“Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.”

House Towns Squares Moss Savannah

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“We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.”

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“I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.”

Way Trying Challenges Journey Ambition Discovery Surprise My Ambition Challenging Myself

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“All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.”

People Stills Different Actors Known Five Good Friend My Best Friend Hart

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“I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.”

Feels Beautiful House Fame Lucky Concerned Lifestyle Great Family

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“All actors think every job will be their last.”

Thinking Jobs Lasts Actors

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“I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.”

Ifs Office Library British Desks

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“I like to act because I can forget about everything else.”

I Can Forget Because I Can

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“I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.”

Ifs Giving Years Next Stuff Next Year

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“I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.”

Stories Challenges Acting Bases Telling Stories

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“I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.”

Thinking Knows Humans Goodness Surprise Badness Where You Stand

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“I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America.”

America Bus Backpacking Greyhounds Greyhound Bus

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“I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.”

Thinking Way Should Art Fans Particular Genius Absolutes Massive Brits

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“I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.”

Plans Projects Meetings Starting Panic Down Time

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“I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.”

Heart Real Creative Boring Mess Perfectionist

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“It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.”

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“Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.”

Made Choices Chance Cities Wise Brave Liverpool

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“Liverpool will always be my home.”

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“My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.”

Ifs Looks House Office Clean Small Parts

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“When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.”

Actors Disappointment Rejection Hazards Occupational Hazards

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“I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.”

People Thinking Knows Want Ideas Different Certain Individual Interesting Corruption Accidents Acquire Very Interesting Power Corruption

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“You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.”

Looks War Order Soldier Zone Blank War Zones

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“In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.”

People Thinking Want Self Humanity Fantasy Honesty Crisis Being The Best Times Of Crisis

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“You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.”

People Want Persons Theater Screens

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“I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Bed Careful Lazy

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“I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.”

Wells Acting Taught Moved Casting

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Born: June 21, 1964
Known for: Actor
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