Rupert Graves Quotes

Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.

I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

The amount of work you need to do to become a very successful celebrity is something I'm not prepared to do.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.

I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you're a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.

It's interesting when you're in your thirties and you're not the same pretty boy that you were when you were 21. I think people's anger at themselves getting older is projected on to you because you become a symbol of that.

Celebrity's a pain in the backside - you're always on display.

I was a dozy boy; I'd like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey - pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way.

The urge to act became the overriding force in my life. It thrilled me. There's a moment with acting when you're in the groove, and you and what you're trying to do are seamlessly one. That happens sometimes, and I'm really happy it can happen to me.

You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.

I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.