Joe Dempsie Quotes

#1. I was a youngster looking up to dudes like Vicky McClure, Joe Dempsie and Michael Socha - in fact, he was a big influence on how I was able to detach drama from the all-singing, all-dancing stigma.

Jack O'Connell

#2. It's amazing what a bit of soot and shaving can do for muscle definition, honestly.

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#3. HBO spent a huge amount of money on 'Game Of Thrones,' and it won't be able to keep spending the money if it can't make it back from people watching it legitimately. It will have an effect on the quality of the programme.

Joe Dempsie

#4. Do not enter with defeat in your heart for that is the first victory of evil.

Margaret Weis

#5. Audiences in every medium are becoming far more savvy. No one goes to watch a Tom Cruise movie any more just because it's starring Tom Cruise. No one gives a toss. Concept is what makes actors raise their game. Everyone's on merit now.

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#6. I admire actors that consistently challenge themselves and play a wide range of different roles. Every actor has a reason for being an actor ... it's boring to play the same person over and over again. People like Daniel Day Lewis, who completely transform time and time again, I look up to.

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#7. I enjoyed acting at school and went to an acting workshop for kids in Nottingham. It was twice a week after school and free to go to - ITV subsidised it. Every now and again, a casting director would turn up. 'Peak Practice' became a rite of passage for us. It was the first job I had.

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#8. Listen to your dreams. They are the whispers of your heart telling you all you'll ever need to be happy.

Belva Davis

#9. A hundred thousand welcomes: I could weep,
And I could laugh; I am light and heavy:
Welcome.

William Shakespeare

#10. Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good.

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#11. Concept is what makes actors raise their game.

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#12. 'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment; it tried new things, and it was an amazing time and amazing to be part of it.

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#13. I still don't get stopped about anything else anywhere near as much as 'Skins.' The remarkable thing that I've noticed is how far that show has traveled: it's aired all over the world.

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#14. When I was cast as Gendry, I didn't have any of the physical attributes the part required. I was astounded that I got the role, to be honest.

Joe Dempsie

#15. DARE TO COMPARE
If you're without imperfection, hurl the first insult at a challenged person
Kamil Ali

Kamil Ali

#16. It always seems that people who bring nothing to the table take the most from it.

Alec Sulkin

#17. My skin is dead good. I think it must be a combination of being in love and Lucozade.

Sue Townsend

#18. There are dedicated actors and there are people now who only stay famous for putting on weight, losing it, then putting it on again.

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#19. America has always fascinated me; it's a country where you can make it from one side to the other with no money, by hook or by crook.

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#20. I'm a big fan of unflinching drama and bold drama. If you shy away from dark subject matters, there's only certain places for TV drama to go. If there are shows that can break through that and be brave, those are the shows that I personally enjoy watching. I try and do work that I would watch.

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#21. Women are like the Olympic athletes of grudges.

Liane Moriarty

#22. I'm the kind of person who, if I can't get something right, I get quite frustrated with myself.

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#23. I've always been a sucker for a dog called an Alaskan Malamute. It's like a little husky ... my dad had one when he was younger.

Joe Dempsie

#24. Let's shift from moralizing about and lamenting divorce to understanding that a successful marriage, no matter the length, is one that contributes to knowing ourselves better and evolving into more loving and compassionate people.

Deb Purdy

#25. My fear of being real, of being seen, paralyzes me into silence. I crave the touch and the connection, but I'm not always brave enough to open my hand and reach out. This is the great challenge: to be seen, accepted, and loved, I must first reveal, offer, and surrender.

Anna White

#26. I just wanted what was outside to be different.

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#27. Street-casting - people like Katie Jarvis in 'Fish Tank,' spotted having a row with her boyfriend on a railway platform - has helped make actors raise their game. They have to.

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#28. There's always that tiny piece of hope that this day - your day - will be the one to turn out differently.

Jennifer E. Smith

#29. I suppose you've got to look like you're made of steel for nudity. You've got to get some arms on you.

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#30. The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.

Laura Ingalls Wilder

#31. 'Southcliffe' is an anthem to ordinary people's ability to reinvent themselves in the face of ultimate darkness.

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#32. Casting young people is always so difficult, and they got it so right in 'Game of Thrones.' All the young actors are amazingly talented and so professional.

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#33. I'm Cancer and Gemini cusp, so I read both and pick the one I like best. I read horoscopes but claim not to believe any of it.

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#34. It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.

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