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I will always find a defense for characters, and that's why it's fun playing characters that are morally ambiguous, or are at least perceived superficially as being problematic.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Always Ambiguous Being Characters Defense Find Fun Least Morally Perceived Playing Problematic Why Will

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There's a high head count on 'Homeland.'

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Count Head High Homeland

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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: House Important Order Space

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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Behave Honour Should Times Try You

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When I was at drama school, I remember going to Amsterdam for new year and sitting with friends on the front of a P&O ferry in the wind, having some sort of 'Titanic' moment, declaring ourselves to be the new kings of theatre.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Amsterdam Declaring Drama Drama School Friends Front Going Having Kings Moment New New Year Ourselves Remember School Sitting Some Sort Theatre Titanic Wind Year I Remember

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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Around Big Big Thing Children Family Feet Four Gather Go Good Grew Hearth Her Listening London Lot Loud Loved Mother Mum People Plenty Politics Say She Should Sunday Talking Thing Thinking Up Us Used Very Were

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I went to boarding school from the age of eight - first to prep school, then to Eton. One thing that kind of education teaches you is community living: there's little retreat. That's why people come out of it and talk about lifelong friendships forged in the furnace.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: About Age Boarding Boarding School Come Community Education Eight First Forged Friendships Furnace Kind Lifelong Little Living One Thing Out People Prep Retreat School Talk Teaches Then Thing Why You

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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Back Be Brave Brave Came Drama Drama School Enough Knew Me Parents Passion Play Said School See Them Then Try Wanted

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My background was fairly conservative, and I think there's a strong notion of duty in a background like that, and I don't think that's always helpful.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Always Background Conservative Duty Fairly Helpful Like Notion Strong Think I Think

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This high-end, novelistic form of TV, you know, is just peppered with despicable people who do marvelous things and marvelous people who do despicable things.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Despicable Form High-End Just Know Marvelous People Things Tv Who You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: February 11th, 1971

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