Sean Bean Quotes

Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Sean Bean Quotes. The wide variety of quotes available makes it possible to find a quote to suit your needs. You’ve likely heard some of the Sean Bean Quotes before, but that’s because they truly are great.

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The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I

The thought of being in space, and kind of enclosed, I find would be very claustrophobic. I think I would panic in that situation.
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If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.
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Jimmy McGovern – I love his writing, and I’m a big fan of him and Alan Clarke.
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My days of being an absentee dad are well and truly over.
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Where I come from, all of us wanted to be footballers. We played all the time; that’s all we did at school or wherever until it went dark and you couldn’t see the ball.
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It’s a good thing to be typecast, isn’t it?
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I think we have a perception of transvestites all being the same, as one block. It’s not one mass or tribe. Everybody’s got a different story.
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I am quite quiet: I don’t feel as though I have to express myself with words too often. Maybe I should do more.
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Actors like Daniel Day-Lewis, Gary Oldman, they totally immerse themselves in their parts.
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I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don’t carry anything around with me – no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it’s too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective – your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.
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It would probably surprise people to know that I’m interested in wildlife. I read a lot of poetry, too.
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I go to see my kids in school plays.
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I don’t do much on social media. I don’t really want people knowing about my life.
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When I first started shooting ‘Sharpe,’ back in the early 1990s, I’d kiss my two elder daughters goodbye at the end of August – Evie wasn’t even born then – and I wouldn’t see them again until Christmas. That was tough. They were hard times.
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There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.
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I wouldn’t say I’m a Method actor, but I do try to focus very deeply on what character I’m playing, and everything else goes out the window. I forget about everything. I try to get everything else out of my head.
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There’s only so long you can play the silent type standing in the background. ‘GoldenEye‘ was good for that. I was the villain: James Bond was doing all the heavy lifting. I liked that.
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I’ve been into lots of auditions, and I’m sure I’ve lost a lot of jobs through that because I’m pretty dreadful at reading.
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I’m still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that’s the way I prefer to be.
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My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad.
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I don’t think I’ve ever had a real desire to pick out any particular role – I just see what comes up.
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I don’t like broad swords. They’re not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there’s not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don’t think anyway.
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Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material.
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I miss a lot about England when I’m working away, even the slate grey skies.
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It took a while to adapt to life in London, but six months into my course at RADA, I felt very at home.
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I’d like to do a cowboy film. I suppose I’ve come close to it on occasion, but not really to a classic cowboy film.
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I love creating things, especially out of metal. There’s something truly satisfying about shaping a piece of metal and seeing the impurities peeling away as you weld it into your chosen design.
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006 was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.
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You can run out of energy if you take on a lot of stuff.
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The stigma of movie actors doing television is gone now.
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Apprenticeships are the real nitty-gritty way of creating an efficient, skillful and vibrant workforce.
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I sometimes find that playing the bad guy, or villains, or psychopaths tend to be much more psychologically rewarding. And you can really push it, you can push the limits, and get away with it.
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I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, ‘You’re so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,’ and I would say, ‘You can’t mean me!’
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I love doing just nothing in my free time.
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Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of ‘The Lord of the Rings‘. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually.
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It is great filming in London. It’s difficult, but it looks good. It has its own identity.
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My first professional role was in ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ and I played Tybalt, who was Romeo’s enemy, in a small production of that in the U.K.
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I had no intention of being an actor. I was quite good at it. I was pretty capable at other things but never any good at anything.
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I worked with John Hurt a couple of times and learned a lot from him.
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When I first finished ‘Sharpe,’ it was hard to get work because people only saw me as him.
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I think everybody‘s got different methods of working which suit the particular individual. Mine is to sort of play the part, and give 100%, to concentrate and focus on it while I’m actually working, but then leave it behind until the next day.
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I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that.
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I’m not bad at singing – at least in the shower.
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I really got my money‘s worth from colleges in Sheffield and Rotherham because I kept dropping out, and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do at first, like a lot of teenagers.
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I saw ‘The Exorcist‘ at the cinema when I was quite young, maybe 14. When I went back home, my mum and dad weren’t in, so I had to wait for them on the main road. I were too scared to enter the house.
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