David Morrissey Quotes

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

The great thing about coming from where I come from - Liverpool and my family - is that we're very close. I have a great relationship with my siblings and their kids.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

I think I'm quite a lazy person, actually. If I'm not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

My son got me into 'The Mighty Boosh.' I just love that surrealist humour.

The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys.

The reason I wanted to start directing is that as an actor I felt I came into a job late. There's a whole team of people who have been working on it for months before you start. You have this really intense period of filming and then you leave it, knowing that the director will work on it for another few months.

I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.

I've got a great family and a beautiful house. I feel very lucky as far as my lifestyle is concerned. I'm not really interested in fame and all its trappings.

I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

I'm the youngest of four kids. There's something in me that will always be the youngest child, will always look up to people when they don't necessarily need it.

I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that ... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set.

It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

Liverpool will always be my home.