David Morrissey Quotes

• We have one life and we should cherish it and make it the best we can.

  David Morrissey

  Cherish, Should

  "Is this it?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• I think I’m quite a lazy person, actually. If I’m not careful, I could just stay in bed all day.

  David Morrissey

  Thinking, Lazy, Bed

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• Nothing is my guiltiest pleasure. I love it. I love doing it. I love planning to do it, I love loafing and pottering and chilling and daydreaming.

  David Morrissey

  Planning, Chill, Daydreaming

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

  David Morrissey

  Honesty, Thinking, Self

  "The First Time David Morrissey Killed a Zombie". Interview with Gillian Mohney, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 11, 2012.

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• Liverpool has always made me brave, choice-wise. It was never a city that criticised anyone for taking a chance.

  David Morrissey

  Wise, Cities, Choices

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• I always try to put myself in the way of surprise as much as possible. My ambition is to keep challenging myself. I like that journey of discovery.

  David Morrissey

  Ambition, Journey, Discovery

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• I love telling stories. I like the challenges presented to me on a daily basis. There's nothing resting about acting.

  David Morrissey

  Challenges, Acting, Stories

  "David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2012.

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• I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

  David Morrissey

  Thinking, Surprise, Goodness

  "Q&A: The Walking Dead's David Morrissey on The Governor's Revenge". Interview with TJ Kosinski, www.esquire.com. February 08, 2013.

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• I'm not a perfectionist at all. I find perfectionists boring because the real creative heart is in the mess somewhere.

  David Morrissey

  Real, Heart, Creative

  "David Morrissey: 'Acting gave me a life'". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. November 9, 2012.

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• I'd really like to get on a Greyhound bus and go backpacking across America.

  David Morrissey

  America, Backpacking, Greyhounds

  "Is this it?". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2009.

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• When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

  David Morrissey

  Disappointment, Rejection, Hazards

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• Savannah is amazing with the town squares and the hanging moss and the French Colonial houses. It's brutally romantic.

  David Morrissey

  Squares, House, Moss

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• 'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

  David Morrissey

  Character, People, Evil

  "Q&A: The Walking Dead's David Morrissey on The Governor's Revenge". Interview with TJ Kosinski, www.esquire.com. February 08, 2013.

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• I like to act because I can forget about everything else.

  David Morrissey

  Forget, Because I Can, I Can

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• All actors think every job will be their last.

  David Morrissey

  Jobs, Thinking, Actors

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• You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

  David Morrissey

  People, Want, Theater

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I couldn't think of anything worse than going to a fancy dress party. So, if somebody invited me to one, I'd go as the Invisible Man and not turn up.

  David Morrissey

  Party, Men, Thinking

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• Liverpool will always be my home.

  David Morrissey

  Home, Liverpool

  "David Morrissey's love letter to Liverpool". Interview with Amy Raphael, www.theguardian.com. March 2, 2010.

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• I'm a massive fan of Brit Art in general and Damien Hirst in particular. I think he's an absolute genius and should be celebrated in every way.

  David Morrissey

  Art, Thinking, Fans

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• It's always good to find out what you don't want to do.

  David Morrissey

  Want

  "David Morrissey: 'I'm not afraid to say the M word'" by Tim Lewis, www.theguardian.com. April 23, 2012.

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• You look at any war zone and you talk to any soldiers and they have to blank out - in order for that to work for them, in order for them to survive they have to blank out something in themselves in order to do it.

  David Morrissey

  War, Order, Soldier

  Source: collider.com

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• I love getting stuff, and if I give a present to someone and don't get one back, you can bet your life they won't be getting one next year.

  David Morrissey

  Years, Giving, Next Year

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. July 11, 2008.

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• I'm no good at down-time. I panic slightly and then plan a project or set up a meeting about starting a project.

  David Morrissey

  Panic, Starting, Projects

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• All my good friends are actors, really. It's different when you have a family, but they're still the people I meet most often. My best friend is Ian Hart, but then I've known him since I was five.

  David Morrissey

  Good Friend, People, My Best Friend

  "Up for the big league" by Zoe Williams, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2005.

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• I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

  David Morrissey

  Acting, Casting, Taught

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