Quotes by Ben Barnes

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I always looked really young for my age. And once I hit 23, 24 and 25, I was then allowed to play the cool 18-year-olds and stuff.

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When I was at school, I was in choirs more than anything else, from a very young age, about 9 years old. And then I started taking drum lessons.

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I don't really know who I am as an actor: the best thing would be to experiment with it for the next 30 years and never really find out.

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I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was a trench runner who survived the war. The average life span of a trench runner was 36 hours, but he survived the whole war.

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Jeff Bridges is one of my favorite actors in the history of ever.

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My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school. I liked the hymns bit, but apart from that, I can take it or leave it. So I had lots of different influences when I was youn...

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My dad is a doctor, a professor of psychiatry, and my mum is a psychotherapist.

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I often talk with other actors about that time when you've just finished a job, because I think you do take on the characteristics of some of the characters you play. Sometimes it can be a great thing and sometimes it's a bit haunting because you're ...

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I only remember the end of my dreams, like waking up at a steering wheel, or falling.

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I don't really see the point in making a film unless you can think of a good reason to do it.

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When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me.

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I think if actors don't think of themselves as funny in real life they think they can't do comedy.

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You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.

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I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel. To be involved in creating that for other people is a privilege.

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I have done lots of music projects in my life and some of them I am more proud of than others.

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I love music, and I love singing.

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I'm not really an animal person.

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Maybe Oliver Stone doesn't lend himself well to remakes or sequels, because he does them so well the first time.

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That's the thing, when you play younger characters they're always less casual. You're hungrier or more naive. Those things wane in time.

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I was heavily into sport from 10 to 15, I was in all the teams, and it was everything to me. But I was very young for my school year and when puberty kicked in for my classmates I got left behind.

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