Sam Riley

“I'd been told I was going to be the next big thing. But in actual fact, the complete opposite happened.”

“Part of what makes your performances more convincing is that your own image isn't getting in the way. And the more you can keep it like that, the better for your work and your state of mind.”

“I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.”

“To do a studio film, something with Disney. My father is thrilled.”

“I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.”

“I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.”

“I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.”

“אם תסתובב בברלין, תגלה שהגרמנים בהחלט לא רוצים לשכוח את עברם, זה חשוב להם מאוד. לאומנות היא משהו שמזהירים מפניו כאן בגרמניה, עוד בבית הספר.”

“בבריטניה אנחנו רגילים לחשוב על כך שגרמניה הנאצית כבשה את אירופה, אבל למעשה הנאצים כבשו תחילה את גרמניה, דרך פרקטיקות של פחד ואיומים.”

“אני משתדל לא לחשוב יותר מדי על הדברים שסירבתי להם, והאם הייתי צריך לומר כן, בגלל שזה לא מביא אותך לשום מקום. בדרך כלל אמרתי 'לא' לדברים הנכונים.”

“לפעמים אפילו לא אכפת לי מהתסריט אם אני אוהב את הבמאי המעורב בפרויקט.”

“השותפים הטובים ביותר שהיו לי על הסט היו נשים.”

“I'm Angelina Jolie's sidekick in 'Maleficent'. It's cool.”

“My parents are relieved as much as anything that I'm getting some work.”

“I was one of the only ones there interested in acting. You find when you're doing school plays that a lot of people there were on punishment, or something.”

“I couldn't really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt 'n' vinegar crisps.”

“I learned to stop looking on the Internet pretty early on.”

“We panic if there's two centimeters of snow in London.”

“As an actor, I still don't really know exactly what I am doing most of the time.”

“'On the Road' is another one of those, a film in which the audience has a very clear idea of who they think your character is, so you know you are asking for it. But that's the challenge.”