Quotes from Matthew Lewis


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Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there.


For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same.


You don't get time to rehearse in film and TV at all.


I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed.


I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.' But I enjoyed it, you know. That's what I got into acting to do - to push myself and see if I can do these things.


I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself.


The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.


To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft.


When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great.


I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero.


With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it.


One of the crucial things to the story of 'Harry Potter's' success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody.


Leeds is quite laid-back.


It's always been my dream to be in a war film.


If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work.


I've acted since I was 5 years old, so that's still something I want to do.


I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff.


I'm very professional.


I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class.


I was offered 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I turned it down because that celebrity world is not what I'm into.