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Rufus Sewell Biography

Rufus Frederik Sewell (/ˈsuːəl/; born 29 October 1967) is an English actor. He has appeared in films such as Hamlet, The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, The Illusionist, Tristan and Isolde, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he has starred in Middlemarch, The Man in the High Castle, Zen, The Pillars of the Earth, Charles II: The Power and The Passion, Holiday and Eleventh Hour. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, with the latter earning him an Olivier Award and a Tony Award nomination.

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I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

Actor, Actors, Change, Fact, Facts, Thinking

Quality is subjective. There are quality blockbusters; there are quality versions of every genre and it doesn't necessarily mean money.

Blockbusters, Genre, Mean, Quality, Versions

Hollywood is my domestic idyll.

Domestic, Hollywood, Idyll

I've certainly said I don't want to do any more bad guys, then I sit and don't do anything for a while and then think, "Okay, one more. "

Guy, Okay, Said, Think, Thinking, Want

I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays, I don't dine out and I take cheap flights.

Holiday, Holidays, Littles, Longer, Maintain, Style

Ive always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise.

Important, People, Strongly, Treat, Way

The reason I live in America is because I mean literally every six or seven years I've done something in England. The last lead I had in an English film I did was 1998. So that's why I live here. It's because I get more work. I'll travel back for radio, you know what I mean. I've just got to consider myself to be living in the middle of the ocean, and that way I have a really nice career, if I'm prepared to do television, radio, theater, and film.

Literally, Live, Mean, Nice, Ocean, Radio

Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting.

Acting, Added, Disappointment, Years

If I was to say "I'll only do movies," then I'd struggle to find a varied career. My priority is an interesting career, that's why I keep a low rent, I don't go on big holidays, and I keep it very simple.

Career, Holiday, Low, Say, Simple, Struggle

Id like an omelet named after me.

Like, Named, Omelet, Omelets

I'm in a position where I'm being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don't know who I am.

Continually, Independent, Know, People, Who I Am

Ive gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while.

Gone, Lonely, Long, Periods

My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective.

Affect, Attitude, Perspective, See, Selfish, Son

I do as much comedy as I possibly can but I'm basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions.

Comedy, Decision, Imagination, Make, Secretaries

When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite.

Counter, Drama, Opposites, Pigeon, School

It's good to remind yourself that you're lucky to be working at all. It's very easy to get into the mindset of ingratitude and I battle with it all the time.

Battle, Easy, Lucky, Mindset, Working

I wasnt a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out.

Courses, Depended, Forced, Models, Reading, Schoolboy

Don't die with a bottle of champagne in your fridge.

Bottle, Bottles, Champagne, Die, Fridges