Top 32 Quotes by Rory Kinnear

About Rory Kinnear

These are some quotes by English author Rory Kinnear Actor, who was born on February 17, 1978.

Having gone to a public school, I thought I knew about posh people. But I didn't know anything until I went to Oxford.

Having gone to a public school, I thought I knew about posh people. But I didn't know anything until I went to Oxford.

Rory Kinnear

The nice thing about doing a weekly record is you're rehearsing all week and working on getting the script better. Come Friday, when it's time to actually film it, you feel like you've done most of the work!

Rory Kinnear

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become an actor. If perhaps I'd stayed on at university and become an academic.

Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I hadn't become an actor. If perhaps I'd stayed on at university and become an academic.

Rory Kinnear

When I was about 12, I spent the summer writing four plays on my dad's old typewriter for a school play competition. And I wrote little comic bits at secondary school and at university.

When I was about 12, I spent the summer writing four plays on my dad's old typewriter for a school play competition. And I wrote little comic bits at secondary school and at university.

Rory Kinnear

I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.

I always loved acting - though what I did in my teens was probably more eclat than elan. But I wasn't sure about doing it professionally.

Rory Kinnear

I sort of understand why there is a brotherhood of Hamlets. It's a nice part of acting; you do get to be part of gangs.

I sort of understand why there is a brotherhood of Hamlets. It's a nice part of acting; you do get to be part of gangs.

Rory Kinnear

However democratic and egalitarian we kid ourselves into thinking society might be, I think that sense of entitlement operates as basically and viciously as it always did.

However democratic and egalitarian we kid ourselves into thinking society might be, I think that sense of entitlement operates as basically and viciously as it always did.

Rory Kinnear

When I was 15, I was asked to do 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at school, and it fundamentally changed my life. It's obviously an extraordinarily diverse and potentially electrifying part. It's a big leading part, and I hadn't really played anything like that before; I was the one doing the comedy side bit.

Rory Kinnear

There are a lot of actors out there who are able to engage with something in themselves which isn't necessarily their brain. But personally I find it very intellectually satisfying: doing your research and then burrowing as deeply into character as you can. I'm a naturally inquisitive person, too, and acting does feed into that.

Rory Kinnear

Because my dad died when I was young, and I have a severely disabled sister, I couldn't really push the envelope at home.

Because my dad died when I was young, and I have a severely disabled sister, I couldn't really push the envelope at home.

Rory Kinnear

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