Tom Riley
Tom Riley
Tom Riley is an English actor and producer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth5 April 1981
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It was a matter of having two days to step back and look at our space and our ministry.
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She was just a victim of her parents' callousness,
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It's largely symbolic. I don't think that it will have practical effect.
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I'm quite lucky in that at certain angles I look all right, and at others I don't look so good, which enables me to play some leading roles and some stranger, more 'character'-type parts. I wouldn't say I'm the conventional handsome Hollywood leading man.
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Performing on stage is my first love - it's why I wanted to be an actor in the first place - and 'Arcadia' is the highlight of my career so far. I love the intimacy of a live theatre audience - you can really squeeze every last drop out of each scene.
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I feel like the experience I gained at university has really helped to inform me as far as who I wanted to become as an actor and what I wanted to do.
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The thing about 'Doctor Who' is it's chased around the world, so there's 50 fans hanging out at every location.
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In America, celebrities who go to see your show will come backstage and introduce themselves. Meeting Annette Bening and Ethan Hawke that way was amazing, but when Tom Hanks came, it was really special - I've loved him since I first saw him in 'Big!'
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What you don't get necessarily at drama school is a gigantic mix of people. At university, there's people from every social background, and you get to go through that period of being naive and not quite sure who you're going to be.