Eddie Marsan

“I think the best roles are the ones that are complex and that are challenging.”

“I'm a character actor. I've always been a character actor.”

“I play a lot of characters who are villains, and I'm not a villain. I'm a dad, and I'm a husband.”

“The secret of a good supporting actor is to make the leading actor look good.”

“I'm not a Method actor. I'm a classical actor. It's about the text, the script.”

“You can't be a storyteller and a censor. You can't be a good actor and be scared of what people are going to think.”

“My job is to be a blank canvas and to be versatile.”

“I have a face that you want to punch, and I think that's served me well in my career.”

“Acting is a craft. It's not about being famous. It's about telling stories.”

“The joy of being a character actor is that you can play a much wider range of roles.”

“The main thing for me is I really don't want to be a celebrity.”

“I'm from a very working-class background, and I'm proud of that.”

“I think there are two ways to depict a family. One is what it's really like, and one is what the audience wants it to be like.”

“I've never been cool. I've never been the cool guy. I'm the guy who gets beaten up by the cool guy.”