Quotes by David Thewlis

I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy.

Hed been let down so oftenHis brow was on the floorBut then they foundA small hole in the groundAnd let him down some more

I feel like Im in a film about a struggling artist who keeps getting up at all hours of the night to look at his big, blank empty canvas. And in a way I am. Except that im not struggling. Im Hector Kipling. I might be getting up at all hours of the night to look at my big, blank, empty canvas, but I am not fucking struggling.

I see people around me with very unhappy love lives, who may have held out for that perfect somebody. And the failure to achieve that brings along a lot of bitterness which is very unattractive; therefore theyre probably less likely to achieve it.

I adore children. If I werent an actor, I would be a teacher or work with small children in some way. I feel happy in their company.

I dont worry. Im more stoical. Of course I have insecurities. I fear getting older. I fear death and illness. Im not prone to depression, but I get depressed because everybody gets depressed. Suddenly Im away from my family or doing a job Im not enjoying.

The making of Naked was an absolutely phenomenal, mind-bending experience. That film was life-changing and put my career onto a whole different level.

Naked kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and Ive enjoyed the travel that goes along with that.

I could, of course, have written about the film world and the jealousy there and the frequent belief that others dont have talent. But, for some reason, it just struck me to write about art.

“I want that. I want that awful intense and serious unhappiness, cos then I might feel better, and then I might be happy.”