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I loved doing 'Homeland.' I loved playing Brody.

~Damian Lewis

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I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till make-up comes off.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Accent All Day America American American Accent Day Idiots Make-Up Off Stay Those Till Up Wake Wake Up Working

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I went to boarding school, and what that teaches you is to cope emotionally at a young age and to suppress a lot of emotion. Being in the army is, in a way, similar.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Age Army Being Boarding Boarding School Cope Emotion Emotionally Lot School Similar Suppress Teaches Way You Young Young Age

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There are jobs that come along in your life, if you're lucky enough, that elevate you in a considerable way. And 'Homeland' was definitely one of those jobs.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Along Come Considerable Definitely Elevate Enough Homeland Jobs Life Lucky Those Way You Your

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That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Actor Available Best Take Thing You

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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: About Anxiety Any Bin Cia Clear Danger Failed Fear General General Public Gonna Happen Knew Knowledge Live Lives Might None Now Our Our Lives Present Prevent Public Remember State Us Very

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I didn't know 'Homeland' was going to be 'Homeland.' I just did it because it was a terrific script, and they pitched me the story line, and I was like, 'Huh, that's interesting.'

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Because Did Going Homeland Interesting Just Know Like Line Me Script Story Terrific

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It's successful, middle-class Arab men and women, professionals with seemingly happy family lives, who are prepared to go to paradise for a greater cause. That's terrifying.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Arab Cause Family Go Greater Happy Lives Men Men And Women Middle-Class Paradise Prepared Professionals Seemingly Successful Terrifying Who Women

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I think very few people still understand the distinction between CEOs on Wall Street and the hedge-fund billionaires operating separately.

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Between Billionaires Ceos Distinction Few Few People Operating People Separately Still Street Think Understand Very Wall Wall Street I Think

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Television audiences are ruthless - look what happened to 'The Killing.'

~Damian Lewis

Topics: Audiences Happened Look Ruthless Television

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: February 11th, 1971

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