Top 31 Quotes by Rupert Friend

I really love living in cities where the people living above, below and next to you are from totally different worlds to you.

I'm not intelligent enough to be a doctor, and kind of hands down you can't argue with the worth of that. But I don't really have an opinion about the worth of making art.

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything.

I think that the process of trying to become somebody else, and obviously the director/actor relationship in trying to do that, is such a weird, undefinable thing.

It's great to sit and talk about the films and the people I work with, rather than where I buy my socks or whatever.

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't have real jobs - none of us have real jobs.

'On the Road' completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life.

I think that what drives most of us as human beings is the want for something. You might have a hope, or a big dream, or a goal that you haven't yet achieved.