James D'Arcy Quotes

• When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth.

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• There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

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• There are lots of people I admire and respect, but I don’t necessarily want to be like them. I’m to happy being myself.

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• The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don’t want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

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• The good guy only gets the girl in a soppy way.

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• Now here I am playing a passionate young Irishman who would die for what he believes in.

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• It’s difficult to gauge that. With a bad guy you just know you’re bad. To play a nice guy is harder – unless you are a very nice person like me of course.

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• It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I’d become an actor.

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• It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day’s work.

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• I’m not really very ambitious.

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• I’m more interested in enjoying my life and looking after my family than being hugely successful.

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• I’m attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

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• I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.

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• I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by.

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• I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

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• I don’t have any expectations as an actor and being rich and famous is not my driving force.

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• Baddies always do get the best lines, that’s the honest truth.

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• Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don’t want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray events and characters as realistically as you can.

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James D'Arcy (18)

Birth:	24th August, 1975
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor

About

James D'Arcy was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. He is an English actor. He earned a BA degree in acting from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1995. His role in several films include: The Trench, Revelation, Dot the i, Master and Commander, Exorcist: The Beginning, An American Haunting, Rise: Blood Hunter, Flashbacks of a Fool, Age of Heroes, Cloud Atlas, Hitchcock, After the Dark, Jupiter Ascending, and Survivor. His role in television include: Agent Carter(TV series), Rebel Heart(TV series), P.O.W.(TV series), Mansfield Park(TV film), Into the Storm(TV film), and Agent Carter(TV series).

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