When I left drama school, my fear was that I’d get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. – Rufus Sewell
I don’t know if the money I’ve earned is going to need to last me for the next few weeks or the rest of my life. – Rufus Sewell
I’m hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work. – Rufus Sewell
I was the lead in ‘Interview With The Vampire’, until Tom Cruise decided he was interested. I was in ‘The Wings Of The Dove’ with Uma Thurman, until that got cancelled. I was in ‘Shakespeare In Love’ with Julia Roberts, until that fell apart. – Rufus Sewell
It’s important to me to be in a relationship when I’m in one, but I’m not someone who needs to be in a relationship. – Rufus Sewell
I’ve always liked the idea of regularly doing a play but I was offered things which I felt were too ‘celebie’ and West Endy. – Rufus Sewell
I wasn’t a model schoolboy. Of course, I was forced to sit through Shakespeare and I really got into some of it, though it depended on who was reading it out. – Rufus Sewell
I’m in a position where I’m being continually knocked back for the kind of independent films I want to be in because people don’t know who I am. – Rufus Sewell
At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted. – Rufus Sewell
If my British film career was a girl, then I’d been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long. – Rufus Sewell
I think I was a bit frightened of having to be a grownup and tried to put that off for as long as I could. – Rufus Sewell
The reason I am unemployed for six months out of every year is because I have to turn down most of the films I’m offered. If I didn’t, I’d only ever play a dark, satanic count on a horse. – Rufus Sewell
People talk about me in ‘Arcadia’ and I think I was okay in it but I’ve given better performances in other productions that didn’t have the same impact. But I knew ‘Arcadia’ was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it. – Rufus Sewell
I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don’t take holidays, I don’t dine out and I take cheap flights. – Rufus Sewell
I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn’t experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release. – Rufus Sewell
I’ve discovered that I’ve never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So I’m trying to learn – at this late stage in life! – to actually control that. – Rufus Sewell
People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. – Rufus Sewell
As a person I’m perfectly vain, I’m just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. – Rufus Sewell
I’m very, very happy with my recognition/lack of recognition in England in terms of my life. In terms of household name-age. The public’s memory is very short, luckily. – Rufus Sewell
I’ve always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise. – Rufus Sewell
I don’t think the roles that I’m necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn’t think I was great in ‘Arcadia.’ I think it’s a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention. – Rufus Sewell
Well, thing is, after they cancelled ‘Zen’, I didn’t work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I’ve done something that I’m really proud of and I think changes the way I’m perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing. – Rufus Sewell
My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son’s perspective. – Rufus Sewell
