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When I got into drama school, that's when I knew that I could safely say that I wanted to be a professional actor.
- James Norton
#Actor
#Drama
#Professional
#Say
#School
When I was playing a psychopath in 'Happy Valley,' it was really weird.
- James Norton
#Happy
#Playing
#Really
#Valley
#Weird
I love good stories; you have to have a good plot - characters which intertwine with a good plot.
- James Norton
#Good
#I Love
#Love
#Plot
#Which
I love, when I'm on holiday in cities, going into church and feeling that reverence and that kind of automatic respect: the sort of magic which exists in those kind of religious temples.
- James Norton
#Church
#Holiday
#Love
#Magic
#Respect
Being in a person's head for five months, where they're so hateful, is kind of exhausting.
- James Norton
#Being
#Five
#Head
#Person
#Where
As far as people I'd like to work with, the list is endless. I think to work with Steve McQueen would be amazing, and then some of the U.K. talent we have: Eddie Marsan, Olivia Colman, both of whom I have met and admired for a long time. We're very blessed in this country; there is so much talent for people to work with and learn from.
- James Norton
#Amazing
#Long
#Talent
#Time
#Work
I grew up in the countryside, so I had quite a feral life up until the age of about fourteen.
- James Norton
#About
#Age
#Countryside
#Life
#Up
I think the mistake lots of people make when it comes to a psychopath is that they completely write off their actions as cruel, callous and completely calculated, but actually, the truth is that they have interests and reasons behind their actions.
- James Norton
#Behind
#Mistake
#People
#Truth Is
#Truth
You don't want a character who sits on an even playing field the whole time.
- James Norton
#Character
#Field
#Time
#Want
#Who
For any actor, it's a great privilege to play a character that is very distant from yourself.
- James Norton
#Character
#Great
#Privilege
#Yourself
I had the acting bug from a very early age.
- James Norton
#Acting
#Age
#Bug
#Early Age
#Early
I do a mean mouth trumpet.
- James Norton
#Mean
#Mouth
#Trumpet
If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just have a reason to get out.
- James Norton
#Day
#Guilt
#Reason
#Walk
#Weird
For a long time I had a vintage stall, where I sold men's vintage clothing, and my girlfriend was convinced it was just to do with a problem I had where I just couldn't stop buying senseless clothes, even if they didn't fit me.
- James Norton
#Long
#Me
#Men
#Time
#Vintage
It takes a lot of courage, when everyone is asking you what you want to do, if you say that you want to be a musician or an actor; people can be very condescending and say, 'Oh, that's so sweet, good luck with that!' It can be very frustrating.
- James Norton
#Courage
#Good Luck
#Good
#Luck
#Sweet
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