Top 19 Quotes by James D'arcy

Baddies always do get the best lines, that's the honest truth.

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.

When I left school I went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth.

It felt good doing a physical job, and going home each evening feeling like I had really done a day's work.

I'm attracted to seeing how different I can be, pushing the boat out.

I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

It was only when I finished the course and left my graduation diploma on the bus that I realised I'd become an actor.

The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

Although this is a fictitious story the history is real. You don't want to re-write history but you certainly want to portray events and characters as realistically as you can.

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history evokes such strong passions and emotions.