Matthew Goode Quotes

#1. I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're compelled to turn it in.

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#2. I'm always pretty tense about everything when it comes to work.

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#3. If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.

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#4. When you see a finished film, it's very rare that it exceeds your expectations.

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#5. I'm not posh, not in the slightest. My parents spent some money on my education, but I wasn't born to the purple.

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#6. You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

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#7. Some actors go, 'Bing!' and suddenly they're being paid huge sums. Me, I seem to get screwed every time.

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#8. I wouldn't say I'm drawn to dark roles, and it's not like I pick and choose.

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#9. My dream is to one day own a country house on the shore in England, have gotten married, wipe some debt off and get a few more good films.

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#10. My dad was a geologist and my mum was a nurse who directed amateur theatrics.

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#11. Making a film is very hard work, and you live or die by the sword just a little bit every time you do it, but I wouldn't chuck it in.

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#12. When you've got a new family, any kind of security you can have is great.

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#13. Golf courses are beautiful, it's good for the soul and it gets out the anger ... well, if you don't care about the score then you won't have a heart attack.

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#14. I'll tell you what, it doesn't get more beautiful than the west of Ireland. Connemara and County Derry are quite stunning, really.

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#15. I don't think I know enough about acting to direct. You need to be a slight megalomaniac, not where you want to take over the world, but where you want to make every single decision and the buck stops with you. It's an awful lot of stress.

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#16. I'm very much a jobbing actor who's still trying to find a place to rent down the road.

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#17. I like the fact that Hogan's shoes all have this sporty sole that is great even for an older man with a bad back like me.

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