You’d never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who’s played it before you. — Matthew Macfadyen
I wouldn’t want to leave it so long before doing a play again, I get very stolid and sluggish if I do too much telly. — Matthew Macfadyen
I’d auditioned for the national youth theatre and I didn’t get a place and it was terrifying. — Matthew Macfadyen
I was quite a shy child. I would get terribly nervous and throw up before my birthday party. — Matthew Macfadyen
I think people ought to do what they feel useful at the time. If I do things because I ought to do them, I switch off. — Matthew Macfadyen
There’s always a concern as an actor that you’ll be boring unless your character is swinging from a chandelier. — Matthew Macfadyen
