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When you arrive in L.A. as an Englishman, you might as well be on the moon. People just don't understand you if you speak too fast, and most people there think you're Australian. Ordering was incredibly complicated. I was speechless.

~Ben Chaplin

Topics: Arrive Australian Complicated Englishman Fast Incredibly Just Might Moon Most Ordering People Speak Speechless Think Too Understand Well You

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Being an actor is well paid, but it's a bit like being a circus traveler.

~Ben Chaplin

Topics: Actor Being Bit Circus Like Paid Traveler Well

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When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you're judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you're from.

~Ben Chaplin

Topics: About Accent Break Discovered Drama Drama School England Enough First Get How Judged Know Left Lie Like Parts Posh Roles School Still Them Too Upper-Class Where Working-Class You

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I like clothes that are simple and preferably cheap unless I'm being given it for free.

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I care about all the characters I play, and I get quite defensive about them.

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Topics: About Care Characters Defensive Get Play Quite Them I Care

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: July 31st, 1969

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