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David Thewlis is a renowned British actor, born on March 20, 1963, in London. He is best known for his exceptional performances in films and theater, particularly for his portrayal of Albus Dumbledore in the 'Harry Potter' film series.

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“I feel like I'm in a film about a struggling artist who keeps getting up at all hours of the night to look at his big, blank empty canvas. And in a way I am. Except that i'm not struggling. I'm Hector Kipling. I might be getting up at all hours of the night to look at my big, blank, empty canvas, but I am not fucking struggling.”

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Book:The Late Hector Kipling

Source: The Late Hector Kipling

“I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy.”

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Book:The Late Hector Kipling

Source: The Late Hector Kipling

“I walk to Oxford Street and climb on the number 8. It's freezing and it starts to rain and it's the ugliest bus I've ever seen, rattling down the ugliest streets, in the ugliest city, in the ugliest country, in the ugliest of all possible worlds.”

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Book:The Late Hector Kipling

Source: The Late Hector Kipling

“He'd been let down so often His brow was on the floor But then they found A small hole in the ground And let him down some more”

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“It wasnt the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say theyve played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie.”

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“Alfonso Cuarón, in the rehearsals, without J.K. Rowling's knowledge, told me that [my character] was, in fact, gay. So I'd been playing a part like a gay man for quite a long time. Until it turned out that I indeed got married to Tonks. I changed my whole performance after that. Just saw it as a phase he went through.”

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“Well I am afraid that I am going to die, because I have just put a down payment on a house.”

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“I don't think Alfonso was a big expert on Potter either. He was feeling his way through it more than I was.”

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“And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.”

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“I don't worry. I'm more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. I'm not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly I'm away from my family or doing a job I'm not enjoying.”

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“I'd had a relationship with a French girl, a Japanese girl, an American girl, a Filippina and she was there all the time - a Lancashire girl. I thought: 'It's a Lancashire girl I was looking for. Why didn't I realize it?”

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“When you do something well, this is the best job in the world.”

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“I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely different to the last. I just enjoy the versatility of it, the challenge of doing lots of different things. It keeps the job interesting.”

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“I'd been a stepparent for about two years with a woman who had a child, and I came to realize I adored children and was good with them. So I was very happy when Anna got pregnant.”

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“It wasn't a good idea to work on 'Naked' in the first months of a marriage. I was living apart from my wife in a flat overflowing with books I was reading for the part.”

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“The making of 'Naked' was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.”

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Author:David Thewlis

About the Author

Born: March 20, 1963
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 16

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