I didn't do well at school, and I don't have lots of academic reference points.

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  I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinn

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  Art is the job of the privileged.

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  You're not going to have something set on a council estate that explores all elements of human exis

• Eddie Marsan:

  I always define egotistical thoughts as the thoughts I think other people have of me.