James Norton Quotes

• If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly cynical.

  James Norton

  Character, Judging, Cynical

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.

  James Norton

  Optimistic, Thinking, Guy

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.

  James Norton

  Character, Trying, Spend Time

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• Every day, every scene, you were like, "My god. I'm doing a scene with Brian Cox today and then I'm onto a scene with Stephen Rea." For us young actors, I think we were all very, very star-struck and impressed by the caliber of everyone who came out.

  James Norton

  Stars, Thinking, Actors

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• As an actor, I think most people have a tendency to want to demonstrate that they can act, they can emote.

  James Norton

  Thinking, People, Actors

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• Being in Russia filming War & Peace...filming War & Peace alone is an extraordinary experience, but to be out there was just magical.

  James Norton

  War, Russia, Peace War

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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• There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to fulfillment. He tries falling in love, that doesn't work. He goes to war and searches for military glory, that doesn't work. He does the quiet life of a farmer. He's always active. That's what I loved about him, he's always looking, searching. He's really inquisitive.

  James Norton

  Falling In Love, Military, War

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Russians were all really accommodating, and that made it really special. To be allowed in Catherine's Summer Palace...Lily [James] and I have this scene where we fall in love and we waltz up and down this enormous gold hall with thousands of candles and a live orchestra and 300 Russian extras. To do those scenes in situ really meant it was a once-in-a-lifetime job.

  James Norton

  Summer, Falling In Love, Jobs

  "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.

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