Celebrities Rupert Friend, Birthday: 1 October 1981, Oxfordshire, England, UK

I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to unders...Show more »

I believe that if you can discover something of the truth of a person, then you will start to understand, and to understand is to move towards, if not like, then at least an empathy of some kind. Show less «

I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally...Show more »

I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you. Show less «

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and...Show more »

I don't think the idea of working in Hollywood really exists anymore. I think you work in films, and where the film is shot is where it's shot. The studio system doesn't really exist. Show less «

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feuda...Show more »

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice. Show less «

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experience...Show more »

I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way. Show less «

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a re...Show more »

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people. Show less «

Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropr...Show more »

Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed. Show less «

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no expe...Show more »

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything. Show less «

I don't really use the Internet or the newspapers to find out about people.

I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope...Show more »

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved. Show less «

Sport is not my thing.

There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don...Show more »

There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy. Show less «

I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gy...Show more »

I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords. Show less «

Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within...Show more »

Growing up in England, you're sort of spoiled, in a way. You sort of take it for granted that within a half-hour's drive, you could be walking around a stately home from the 1700s. It's not very hard to do - in California, you've got to take a flight! Show less «

There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very...Show more »

There are two qualities that I've noticed in good directors: One is that they have their vision very strongly in place; and two is that they listen to everyone's opinion and still remember their vision. Show less «

I'm a terrible dancer.

I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is...Show more »

I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world. Show less «

'On the Road' completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life.

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up ...Show more »

My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English. Show less «

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore.

I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of ...Show more »

I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art. Show less «

It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my so...Show more »

It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever. Show less «

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relatio...Show more »

I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing. Show less «

I don't think you can decide how famous or not you become.

I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it...Show more »

I really admire artists who take the time to recharge their batteries and not continually call on it. I think you can spot tired and jaded artists quite quickly. Show less «

Edinburgh is so cultural and such a beautiful place to walk around.

I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that...Show more »

I'll tell you, there's no goodies and baddies in the world, there's just people with intentions that sometimes clash. Show less «

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are art...Show more »

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs. Show less «

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