Hugh Dancy famous quotes

04-12-2025

Whether it's from the books or the films, there are some people that will have a very fixed idea in their head. You're not going to match that. At a certain point, you have to accept that.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Book #Ideas #People
So to answer your question, Im not entirely sure how I ended up where I am today, in the sense that nobody in my family is an actor. It just happened by mistake.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Mistake #Actors #Answers
Well, fluffy shirts are, by definition, very comfortable.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Definitions #Fluffy #Shirts
There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Opportunity #Careers #People
Ireland. Great for the spirit - very bad for the body.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Body #Spirit #Ireland
I've not as yet found one hobby that would absorb me completely when I'm not working, but I have just bought a new apartment and didn't quite bargain for the amount of effort and time and money that that absorbs.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Effort #Hobbies #Found
I think I can lead a pretty anonymous life, yeah.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Thinking #Yeah
But one of the most fantastic things about Ireland and Dublin is that the pubs are like Paris and the cafe culture. And Dublin, in many ways, is a pub culture.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Paris #Culture #Dublin
But no, I don't think I'm particularly drawn to the period roles or the medieval roles.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Thinking #Roles #Medieval
Besides, most of the books I like involve people I could never play in a million years.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Book #Years #Play
In my experience it's not essential to get on with the person that you're acting opposite.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Aquariums #Opposites #Acting
The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new experience for me. I've never sung before and I've certainly never sung on screen. I think I sung on stage when I was 13 and for some reason nobody's asked me to try it again since.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Song #Thinking #Voice
I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was growing up, really. So when I decided to go to university instead of drama school, it was with the intention of becoming an actor afterwards.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Growing Up #Drama #School
You can still have chemistry on screen without getting on with the person. But it just makes your job a lot easier if you don't have to gird your loins, if that's not quite the right phrase, every time you're going to do a scene with that person.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Jobs #Phrases #Chemistry
I think becoming an actor because it's a ridiculously insecure profession to go into. I feel very comfortable but very lucky. I think any time that you imagine that it's plain sailing for hereon in, then you're kidding yourself.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Insecure #Thinking #Sailing
In reality, for me every role is completely different.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Reality #Different #Roles
Acting is not very good for relationships - but very good for when they are over.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Acting #Very Good
There's a saying within the Asperger community: if you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome, you've met one person with Asperger's syndrome ... Within this condition, beneath this label, the variety of personality, of humor, of behavior, is infinite.
-- Hugh Dancy

#Autism #Personality #Community

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