Quotes By Damian Lewis

In England we burnt redheads at the stake, because we thought they were witches. There are still young redheads in Britain getting ripped for having red hair. 'Oy, Ginger!'

In the end, there's something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level.

You know, I think I am faintly spiritual.

People need revelation, and then they need resolution.

I'm very lucky.

If you think you don't want to play another psychopath, but the script is amazing, and the director is fantastic, and the story is incredible, then you may end up playing your third psychopath in a row.

The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.

I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.

I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.

I've discovered just how symbiotic the relationship is between writers, directors and actors. They ask the same questions and strip down texts in exactly the same way.

You can't be sent away to prison for life and feel OK about it.

My parents were incredibly inclusive.

I'm no more or less antisocial than the next person.

Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.

If you only do issue-based drama, you can become a boring wanker.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.

You know what it's like to feel anxious - it's horrible feeling anxious. It's stressful having that feeling, having butterflies in your stomach, even for a day, and you don't sleep at night.

There's something important, as an actor, about allowing yourself to be approached by people to do roles. People see different things in you.

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

There are lots of different reasons to choose roles.

What I do believe in is the moral code of Christianity.

It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.

Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.

The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

I'm a slow starter.

Writing and directing might be a red herring, and really I'm just re-examining what it is to act, to do it well and do it properly.

I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.

I love playing sport.