A biography for Jamie Dornanhasn’t been written yet.
“I like playing characters who are fractured, broken. I find that more relatable, for some reason. I don't feel that I'm like that myself by nature, but there's just something that you can really grab hold of if people have a darkness in them, I think.”
“People ask me what Gillian Anderson's like to work with, and I have no idea!”
“People attach too much to the idea of being a model, that you can only be a certain way to have done it. You will always be dealing with it. You're an actor who used to be a model who never trained; there are not many directors queuing up.”
“It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.”
“I'm not saying that experiencing loss is why I can cope with darker worlds - I'm not saying that for a second - but I think it opens up a side of you in terms of work that wouldn't be as accessible had that stuff not happened.”
“Addiction is a terrible thing.”
“I think I've done two shoots in my underwear ever. They both happened to be for Calvin Klein. But that tag - 'underwear model' - I just can't get rid of it. And it's such a bizarre, specific thing - underwear. It's like I never modelled clothes.”
“Being a leading man can come in many different forms.”
“No matter what happens in my career, I've always got 'The Fall.'”
“I defy anyone to watch interviews with Ted Bundy and not be taken by him. He was very handsome and charming and extremely intelligent and, you know, that can exist.”
“Nobody sane wants just to be famous.”
“I think my lesson is to back yourself once you've been given a job. Far too often, I've been given a job and then doubted why I'm there.”
“Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.”
“I feel very settled. I'm not running in and out of clubs at 5 A.M. anymore.”
“When I was younger, I thought maybe one day I'd be involved in sport in terms of career.”
“I feel good that I have my life in order. I'm not addicted to anything that I'm aware of.”
“I very much feel like I'm part of the makeup of 'Once Upon a Time.'”
“It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'”
“I'm a fairly worldly guy.”
“Love from the fans is flattering. That's what makes the show. They are so essential to everything involved with 'Once Upon a Time.'”