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As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: Believe Determination Hard Hard Work Luck Man Older Talent Wiser Work I Believe I Believe In

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My first trip abroad was to do a TV version of 'Les Miserables' in France with Anthony Perkins. There I was at 12 acting with the guy from 'Psycho.' My parents were teachers, and it was hard for them to relate to that world.

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: Abroad Acting First France Guy Hard Les Les Miserables Parents Psycho Relate Teachers Them Trip Tv Version Were World

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I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.

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I left school with no qualifications, but I was doing theatre and film work and thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

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I always devise a background so that it makes what your character goes through logical and keeps up the continuity.

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I was turning up at sets where inexperienced people were making these badly written films - but they were doing it; that was the point. They were getting their films out there. And they were paying me, so they obviously had access to money. I just thought, 'I can make something better than this.'

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: Access Badly Better Doing Films Getting Had Inexperienced Just Make Making Me Money Obviously Out Paying People Point Sets Something Than Thought Turning Up Were Where Written I Can

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I've been the teenage success, I've been homeless and driving around in my car and not knowing where to eat. You just want to keep working and learning, and I was doing that. If I hadn't done 'Wild Bill,' I'm sure I would have acted in something else.

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: Acted Around Been Bill Car Doing Done Driving Eat Else Homeless Just Keep Knowing Learning Not Knowing Something Something Else Success Sure Teenage Want Where Wild Working Would You

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As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps.

~Dexter Fletcher

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It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being a child actor into my late twenties. It's OK to be precocious when you're young, but when you're a man of about 27 or 28 and playing a 17-year-old in a TV show, it kind of prolongs your childhood.

~Dexter Fletcher

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With directing, you've got to find something and drag it up from its inception, and I'm at the early stages of doing that again. There's something all-consuming and addictive about that.

~Dexter Fletcher

Topics: About Addictive Again Directing Doing Drag Early Find Got Inception Something Stages Up You

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: January 31st, 1966

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