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Asa Butterfield

"TV and film both attract me equally. In both, you do search for a role that would be enjoyable to do, that has a great storyline and then, secondly, you look at the cast and the crew - are they respectable? How I look at it is my character - has the character got enough substance? It can't just be a one faced character, which is there to fill a gap. He has to have a purpose, so if it ticks all of those boxes then generally it's a good choice."

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

Asa Butterfield

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“If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish.”
“Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer is the foundation-stone of religion; and religion is the means by which the soul is purified of all that pollutes it. Prayer is the worship of the first cause of all things, the supreme ruler of all the world, the source of all strength. Prayer is the adoration of the one whose being is necessary.”
“The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre”

Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2001.
“Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.”
“Cinema, radio, television, and magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen without hearing.”
“It is a maxim, founded on the universal experience of mankind, that no nation is to be trusted farther than it is bound by its interest; and no prudent statesman or politician will venture to depart from it.”
“A relationship isn't going to make me survive. It's the cherry on top.”
“Plant the love of the holy ones within your spirit; don't give your heart to anything, but the love of those whose hearts are glad.”

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