Rupert Friend
Rupert Friend
Rupert William Anthony Friendis an English actor, director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Wickham in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice, Lieutenant Kurt Kotler in the 2008 film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Prince Albert in the 2009 film The Young Victoria, and Peter Quinn on the Showtime series Homeland. He also starred in the 2015 film Hitman: Agent 47...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 October 1981
although auditions drama experience school skill
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.
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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.
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There are some great actors I don't want to meet because I don't want to know how they did it. I don't want to know anything about their personal life, and the illusion, or whatever it is, the shape-shiftery magic stuff that they do, which is my joy.
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'On the Road' completely changed the way I looked at what you could do with your life.
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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.
acceptance thinking order
Everybody has many people inside of them; I think we tend to present the one we feel is most appropriate at first, in order to gain acceptance or achieve what we want. It gets really interesting when this technique fails, and other levels are revealed.
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I've never got a part in the same way twice. I've never prepared the same way. I've never experienced the filming the process the same way.
acceptance frustration tea
I had a lot of anger against the way things 'should be done' - conforming to social norms, ticking boxes to gain acceptance. Frustration at the pointlessness and predictability of smalltalk. Oh and a lot of anger about tea, which the British seem to use to avoid actually saying anything.
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I'm only really interested in taking a part if it's nothing like me.
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I'm a terrible dancer.
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I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.
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I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!
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Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized.
going-away gypsy lifestyle
I can only go places because I know that I can go away from them, if that makes sense. I like the gypsy lifestyle that filming affords.