“We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health ...” — Rupert Friend Quote

We have characters in Western television shows who are in full health with shiny hair and shiny teeth, and they go about their lives having minor problems.

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

I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote, or endorse things, or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

Some are in it for the money, which is fine. Some of them are in it to be a movie star; that's another reason. Some actors - and this I never understand - will only play likeable characters. And if they're not likeable, they change them to be heroic.

If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.

Movies require a minor miracle to get made.

I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.

I think that since VAR has come in, goals are being ruled out for very minor things. You're being given offside for someone's toe. Like, how can you give that? It's crazy.

No victim wants their minor story to be told.