In my family, there was no celebration of ignorance. They’d come and see Chekhov or Shakespeare. I’ve got a sister who got a first in her degree. We don’t sit around watching TV all the time. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
Major film stars tend to do a film and then have a couple of months off. I’m not a major film star; I’m a jobbing actor. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
If your character doesn’t express himself or doesn’t feel confident expressing himself, then you don’t express yourself. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
I’m like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they’ll come to you whether it’s raining or snowing. That’s what an actor should do. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent. I looked at them and thought, ‘They play human beings as they really are.’ Eddie Marsan Read Quote
As children, we all hold on to the myth of omnipotence. Comics are successful because kids identify with superheroes. They’ll read a book or watch a TV programme and say, ‘I’m that guy.’ And that guy is always the one in control. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
Ray Donovan’ is very dark and very serious. As actors will tell you, the darker and more serious the material, the more jokes that go around set. It’s a counterbalance. Eddie Marsan Read Quote
