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Giles Ingram Matthey (born 11 November 1987) is a British-Australian actor best known for his role as Claude Crane on the HBO original series True Blood, Morpheus/Gideon on the ABC series Once Upon a Time and Jordan Reed on FOX series 24: Live Another Day.

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You provide a lot of people with entertainment, and that's what will happen. I don't think you should ever feel like you're used to anything of that nature because you're no different from anyone else.

Different, Happen, People, Thinking, Used

For a relative newcomer, it's obviously a dream to work with such a talented actress as Anna Paquin, who won an Oscar at 10, or something ridiculous like that. That's a dream.

Actresses, Dream, Like, Oscars, Paquin

An actor's job is to do their job. It's great if it's successful and it's fantastic when it's a huge hit, but at the same time, you're there to do a job and make sure you do it well.

Actors, Huge, Jobs, Make, Successful, Time

You look for the roles where, when you read it, you're just like, "Yes, I know that. I know that feeling. I know what it means to feel like that. I know this person. " When you have a soulful connection to a part, that's a dream come true.

Dream, Feelings, Look, Mean, Roles

There's this feeling, when you stop believing it's a show and you're there and this is happening.

Believe, Believing, Feeling, Feelings, Shows, Stop

Having a good director is very important. It's crucial. When you do good work with a certain director, you want to work with them again, and hopefully vice versa.

Crucial, Directors, Having, Hopefully, Important, Vices

Until I did my work and I did my utmost best, I feel like I don't have a right to feel excited.

Excited, Feels, Like, Right, Utmost

If anything, it was a very egotistical thing because I wanted to move people. I wanted to tell a story and move people.

Egotistical, Move, Moving, People, Stories, Thing

I just saw dialogue, in the audition, and had no backstory. I was like, "I'm just going to be myself because I have no idea who this is or where he's coming from. " The typical questions that actors have to ask themselves were very hard. I had to imagine, a little bit, and just made it work.

Ask, Auditions, Hard, Ideas, Like, Typical

You should always view any job as just as nerve-wracking or just as exciting as any other.

Exciting, Job, Jobs, Nerves, View, Views

In my ideal world, it would be a soulful connection to the role because you've shared a lot of the same experiences as the character and you just feel so right in it. That's the first thing I look for.

Character, Connections, Ideal, Same, Thing, Would Be

It was only when I went to acting school that I was like, "You are absolutely such a pigheaded freak show that you thought you, at the age of 12 or 13, could have a better understanding of Stanislavski. Why did you think that you didn't need to go to school?" It was quite funny. But, I was certainly inspired.

Acting, Age, School, Think, Thinking, Understanding

I felt like I had to prove myself, but I feel that you have to do that anyway, as an actor. You're there to do a job, and that's your primary concern.

Actor, Actors, Concern, Felt, Jobs

What you try to do, as an actor, is just make it work somehow.

Actor, Actors, Make, Somehow, Trying, Work

After I've done a good job, then I can get excited. Obviously, it would be very easy to get carried away, but I wanted to own that excitement.

Carried, Done, Excited, Excitement, Jobs, Would Be