A biography for David Morrisseyhasn’t been written yet.
“All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.”
“The biggest difference between British TV and American TV is money. But what money doesn't do on American TV, which I thought it would, is buy you time. You don't get more time. You get more toys.”
“It takes a long time to drag myself out of bed, and at night I'm buzzing. As a young man it was helpful, but now I'd like to be tired when I go to bed and alive in the morning.”
“I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.”
“I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.”
“I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library.”
“I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.”
“I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.”
“I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America.”
“When I came to London as a young man, I was very excited by it and that's never gone away.”
“Liverpool will always be my home.”
“I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.”
“I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.”
“I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.”
“As a director, your work is finished only when it's on the screen. But I will always be an actor who occasionally directs. And no, I have no interest in directing myself. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on both jobs at once.”
“All actors think every job will be their last.”
“I like to act because I can forget about everything else.”
“In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.”
“The thing as an actor is you get a sense of what a show is like the minute you walk on the set.”
“I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.”