If you ever meet an actor who’s the child of actors, they’ll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe. Jack Davenport Read Quote
What you look like, whether you’re Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors. Jack Davenport Read Quote
Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, ‘Whoa, I’m really not!’ Jack Davenport Read Quote
Cue actor platitude, but I’ve been very fortunate and worked pretty consistently and have felt rather annoyingly grateful that I got to do what I got to do. Jack Davenport Read Quote
I grew up in an acting family. I was heavily discouraged from doing it myself when I was young, which is the only responsible route to take with any child, because it’s not necessarily the easiest of lives. Jack Davenport Read Quote
In terms of the pilot, you have to introduce a lot of characters in a very short period of time, and you have to paint with slightly broad brush strokes because you just need to give an audience an idea of who these people might be. Jack Davenport Read Quote
When my father was a young actor, it is absolutely true that the vast majority were fairly middle class. Then all of a sudden, people like Albert Finney burst through and turned all that on its head. Jack Davenport Read Quote
My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds. Jack Davenport Read Quote
My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school. Jack Davenport Read Quote
