Author: Matthew Macfadyen

Quotes

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. And then I would be fine. I feel the same now. I get nervous, then it's fine.

- Matthew Macfadyen

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

Apart from earning an awful lot of money, why would you go to Hollywood?

- Matthew Macfadyen

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off.

- Matthew Macfadyen

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested.

Nobody's really unsympathetic, I think. People do good and bad things. If a character's totally unsympathetic, they're not real and I'm not interested.

- Matthew Macfadyen

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor.

I think I do have a good eye. It's quite liberating, being in a position to read a script and say, 'No.' It's really the only power you have, as an actor.

- Matthew Macfadyen

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

My vanity is I'm terribly romantic! But being married is lovely.

- Matthew Macfadyen

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