“You have to be willing to give it your all and sacrifice to make your dreams come true.” Quote by Gabriel Campisi
“Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical.” WarExtraordinaryRussiaPeace War Author:James Norton
“As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote.” PeopleThinkingWantActorsTendenciesEmote Author:James Norton
“There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to fulfillment. He tries falling in love, that doesn't work. He goes to war and searches for military glory, that doesn't work. He does the quiet life of a farmer. He's always active. That's what I loved about him, he's always looking, searching. He's really inquisitive.” TryingDoeDifferentWarBigsFallMilitaryQuietGloryFalling In LoveActiveFulfillmentFarmersExistentialRoutesInquisitiveQuiet LifeConundrumsWrangling Author:James Norton
“You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.” TryingCharacterEnd TimesSpend Time Author:James Norton
“The Russians were all really accommodating, and that made it really special. To be allowed in Catherine's Summer Palace...Lily [James] and I have this scene where we fall in love and we waltz up and down this enormous gold hall with thousands of candles and a live orchestra and 300 Russian extras. To do those scenes in situ really meant it was a once-in-a-lifetime job.” MadeJobsFallSpecialSceneSummerGoldLifetimeFalling In LoveEnormousMade ItExtrasHallsCandleOrchestraUp And DownPalacesReally MeanLiliesOnce In A LifetimeWaltz Author:James Norton
“I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.” ThinkingMomentsGuyOptimisticSmiley Author:James Norton
“Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young actors, I think we were all very, very star-struck and impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out.” ThinkingTodayYoungActorsStarsSceneImpressedBrianYoung ActorsCaliber Author:James Norton
“If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly cynical.” IfsCharacterAbleJudgingCynical Author:James Norton
“All I got to do is keep getting the most out of each one of my days and keep trying to be the best athlete I can become.” TryingI CanAthleteBeing The BestKeep TryingBest Athlete Author:Derrick Rose