Martin Compston Quotes

#1. I'm in the very fortunate position as a young actor to not have to take the first job that comes along. I'm not motivated by money at this stage in my life, I'm motivated by work.

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#2. The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.

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#3. When I was young, running with a gang was a cool thing to do; that's how you get popular; that's how you get the girls.

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#4. I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.

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#5. A lot of the films I do go down brilliantly critically and win awards, but not a lot of people see them.

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#6. There was a lot of pressure on me when I was 18, 19 to move to America. I went out for a couple of weeks and hated it. I thought I could go out my mind. You could really see how people could go off the rails.

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#7. I'm a lucky boy. Never wanted for anything; new tracksuit, new pair of football boots. I had a happy childhood.

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#8. Acting has been really good me. You end up in some wild places, and I love adventure.

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#9. When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.

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