Quotes by Rupert Friend

About Rupert Friend:

Rupert William Anthony Friend is an English actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Wickham in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Prince Albert in the 2009 film The Young Victoria, and Peter Quinn on the Showtime series Homeland. He also starred in the 2015 action film Hitman: Agent 47.
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I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art.

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I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords.

Rupert Friend

I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash.

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I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore.

Rupert Friend

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

Rupert Friend

I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.

Rupert Friend

I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.

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I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

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Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

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I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.

Rupert Friend

Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are reveale...

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I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

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I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.

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My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything.

Rupert Friend

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs.

Rupert Friend

Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight...

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I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.

Rupert Friend

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

Rupert Friend

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.

Rupert Friend

There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy.

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Author Bio

  • NameRupert Friend
  • DescriptionBritish actor
  • BornOctober 1, 1981
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionActor; Screenwriter