Eddie Marsan Quotes

• I went swimming the other day and my wife was watching and she said, ‘You know, it’s funny, it’s when you’ve got no clothes on, no one recognizes you.’ I said, ‘What are you saying? That I should do more love scenes?’

  Eddie Marsan

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  Tags in Familiar, Swimming

• I consciously decided not to be a ‘London’ actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in Self, Conscious

• I have friends who are leading men, and they’re only ever allowed to play leading men of a certain type. But as a character actor, there’s a wider variety of projects available. On the big Hollywood films, all they care about is having their lead in place, so it’s actually easier for someone like me to slip in. And I’m happy to do so.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hollywood, Films, Care

• The trick to acting is not to show off, it’s to think the thoughts of the character.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Acting, Trick

• There’s no great mystery to acting. It’s a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It’s about asking questions and using your imagination.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Imagination, Questions

• My business is not to show anybody anything; my job is just to do it.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Self

• What I love about the East End is that there’s a great perseverance, determination and courage. What I dislike about it is that there is sometimes a celebration of ignorance.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Ignorance, Celebration

• When you’re the youngest and the only boy, you get spoilt but you get told you’re spoilt so you don’t get to enjoy it very much. I was the only man in the house because my parents divorced and my dad moved away when I was 13.

  Eddie Marsan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Youngest, Boy, Problems

Eddie Marsan (8)

Birth:	9th June, 1968
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor

About

Edward Maurice Charles "Eddie" Marsan was born in Stepney, London, England. He is an English actor. He has appeared in the films Gangster No. 1, Sixty Six, Hancock, The Best of Men, and The World's End. He won the London Film Critics Circle Award and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Happy-Go-Lucky in 2008.

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