Matthew Lewis Quotes

You don't have to be a Brad Pitt look-alike hero just to be courageous and help out your friends and come through when it really matters. I think everyone can sort of relate to that in some way, particularly back to people's school days.

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I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

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I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me.

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I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone.

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The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act.

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To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.

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With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.

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I live in Leeds, which is about 200 miles north of London, and I get to go and do all the 'Harry Potter' stuff and make great films and be part of this wonderful thing all around the world, and then I get to go home and chill out with my friends in Leeds and go watch the football and go to the pub.

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For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.

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I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy.

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I am fortunate that I get sent scripts and get to meet people I would never have met had I not done 'Harry Potter.' But I feel I had to come out of that show and prove that I am not a one trick pony and can do other stuff.

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I've got my life and 'Harry Potter,' where I travel the world, I make films, I meet amazing people, I do press junkets and stuff. And then I go back home to Leeds, where I live, and I've got the same friends from before.

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One of the crucial things to the story of 'Harry Potter's' success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody.

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I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy.

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I mean, I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them.

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I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.

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I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero.

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I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.' But I enjoyed it, you know. That's what I got into acting to do - to push myself and see if I can do these things.

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When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.

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I was offered 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I turned it down because that celebrity world is not what I'm into.

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I've acted since I was 5 years old, so that's still something I want to do.

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The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

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I never went to drama school.

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You don't get time to rehearse in film and TV at all.

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I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor.

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The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next.

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You can stay true to yourself and your friends, you can do the right thing, you can do with your life whatever you want to. I think that's a lovely message.

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I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

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I'm not a big fan of people knowing too much about me.

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I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.

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Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.

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I get too excited about football and rugby.

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If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.

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A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.

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It's always been my dream to be in a war film.

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I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed.

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I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.

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You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort.

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As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story.

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Leeds is quite laid-back.

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