Quotes by David Morrissey

About David Morrissey:

David Mark Morrissey is a British actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. At the age of 18, he was cast in the television series One Summer (1983), which won him recognition throughout the country. After making One Summer, Morrissey attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre for four years.
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I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

David Morrissey

I think I'm quite a lazy person, actually. If I'm not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

David Morrissey

I'm the youngest of four kids. There's something in me that will always be the youngest child, will always look up to people when they don't necessarily need it.

David Morrissey

I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America.

David Morrissey

I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

David Morrissey

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set.

David Morrissey

My house is very clean apart from a very small part of it that looks as if we've been burgled, which is my office.

David Morrissey

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

David Morrissey

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

David Morrissey

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

David Morrissey

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

David Morrissey

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

David Morrissey

When I came to London as a young man, I was very excited by it and that's never gone away.

David Morrissey

When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not because it was highfalutin' in any way - just because they didn't know anybody in that field. They were anxious of a profession they knew nothing abou...

David Morrissey

All actors think every job will be their last.

David Morrissey

When I discovered acting, I decided that's what I wanted to do above everything else. It was the first time I was passionate about anything.

David Morrissey

The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys.

David Morrissey

It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning.

David Morrissey

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.

David Morrissey

As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once.

David Morrissey

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, kn...

David Morrissey

Author Bio

  • NameDavid Morrissey
  • DescriptionEnglish actor and director
  • BornJune 21, 1964
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Writer; Screenwriter; Film Director