Sean Bean

Actor

1959-04-17

Quotes by Sean Bean

• If you have a very good concept of your character, you can snap into it.

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• In theatre, once you've got the character and you've got things together, you can relax into it. Film has a different feel - you don't get that through line of not stopping. Theatre is like a snowball gathering momentum and getting bigger, whereas in film, it's a bit stop and start - but you do tend to adjust to that quite easily.

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• I've been fortunate enough to travel the world because of my career, but the downside has been spending long spells apart from my daughters.

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• I always like to do something different, something unusual, stray off the path a bit.

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• I like playing guys with swords and the horses and stuff like that.

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• I don't like broad swords. They're not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there's not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don't think anyway.

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• The media portrayal of women is always angled towards looking thinner and skinnier and... that's not good.

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• Tolkien was quite a religious man, and so is George R.R. Martin. They kind of have this epic quality about them when they write the material.

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• A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point.

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• I did a film called 'Patriot Games' with Harrison Ford, and we actually shot three different versions of my death. And they settled on the third.

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• Everyone was very deeply involved in the world of 'The Lord of the Rings'. From the wardrobe department to lighting, all were fascinated with the story. This is something that does not happen usually.

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• Sharpe is my favorite role of all that I've played. He's a very complex character. He knows that he's a good soldier, but he will always have to fight the prejudice of aristocratic officers because of his rough working-class upbringing. On the battlefield, he's full of confidence - but off it, he is unsure, a bit shy and ill at ease.

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• I spend a fair chunk of time in Los Angeles, and after about ten days of warmth and unbroken clear skies, you start to yearn for a bit of good old British gloom and rain!

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• I love to be with my kid in Yorkshire. I love it there.

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