Quotes by Darren Boyd - Page 1

A character is as much about what you do as what you say.
Darren Boyd / Actor
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I come from a background where I like collaboration and improv. I think that it is important.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Collaboration
Improv
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Oh my goodness; the highlight of my career. I couldn't pick a show or a moment because that would just be impossible.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Goodness
Highlight
Just Be
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Telly and films has been my thing, not necessarily by choice, and if the right piece of theatre came along, I would jump at it.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Choices
Pieces
Theatre
Jump
Telly
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I like being in a collaborative and respectful environment. When you're in an environment spearheaded by ego and fear, it's the death of creativity.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Respectful
Collaborative
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Auditions are very strange - you're there to win, to seek approval. They never get easier, but I did realise that you're there voluntarily, after all.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Approval
Auditions
Seek
Realise
Voluntarily
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I used to get in trouble with my old agent, because I've never been driven by fear or need or greed. I want my work to represent me as a person, so I can be quite fussy.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Driven
Fussy
Greed
Work Fear Me
Agent
Represent
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I think the idea of creating a character from scratch, one that has not been done in a novel or an existing story, is immensely exciting, terrifying and ultimately rewarding.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Existing
Immensely
Terrifying
Rewarding
Scratch
Ultimately
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I used to watch 'Cagney & Lacey' with my mum back in the day. I can't remember any of their storylines, but I remember really knowing these two friends like I would know real people.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Mum
Cagney
Lacey
Real People
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Its funny - when you look at the real A-listers nowadays, look at how many live in and around Hollywood. Most of them live on a ranch in Utah. Its no coincidence these guys get in and get out.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Guy
Real
Utah
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It's funny - when you look at the real A-listers nowadays, look at how many live in and around Hollywood. Most of them live on a ranch in Utah. It's no coincidence these guys get in and get out.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Coincidence
Utah
Nowadays
Ranch
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I don't want to bore people or myself - to be busy is something to be grateful for, but to be busy doing diverse work is absolutely... I wouldn't change it for the world. I feel very lucky for that.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Be Grateful
Busy
Diverse
Grateful
Change Work Myself
Bore
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I love comedy with a passion, and I hope that shows in my work. I would never want to move an inch away from comedy. What I want to do is continue to grow and extend myself, so if anything, I'm adding things on.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Love Work Hope
Adding
Extend
Inch
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I'm an avid reader myself, and what any one reader accesses at any one time is very powerful and personal to them. Clearly you can't even begin to touch that. A novel is a singular vision, and then a myriad of readers have their own experience of that.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Avid
One Time
Reader
Time Experience Myself
Clearly
Myriad
Singular
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I'm not a comedian, I'm not a stand-up and I don't come from a comedy background. I am an actor, but I've had a very fortunate foray into comedy, and it seems to have become a bit of a strength, and you can't complain when you become known for something.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Comedian
Comedy
Fortunate
Seems
Background
Complain
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I most enjoyed doing 'Whites,' a show BBC2 cancelled after one series. It had some beautiful, witty, charming scripts and was one of the most positive ensemble pieces I've done. I thought the end result was really special. I'm still confused about why it didn't last longer.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Charming
Confused
Enjoyed
Scripts
Witty
Cancelled
End Result
Whites
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After we'd filmed one series of 'Kiss Me Kate,' everyone was saying: 'The guy's got great comic timing,' - that was the first I'd heard of it. I'm not a comedian, I don't want to depend on a singular box of tricks. I like story and characters, to take on world views that are not my own.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Comedian
Comic
Timing
Tricks
Views
Great World Me
Box
Depend
Singular
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For me, Glasgow is all about the people and the spirit of the place. You have enough Greggs bakers, though, Ill say that. The opening of the 1977 Star Wars movie was possibly the only time Ive seen a longer queue round the block than in Glasgow for sausage rolls. That was quite an eye-opener.
Darren Boyd / Actor
War
Block
Stars
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For me, Glasgow is all about the people and the spirit of the place. You have enough Gregg's bakers, though, I'll say that. The opening of the 1977 'Star Wars' movie was possibly the only time I've seen a longer queue round the block than in Glasgow for sausage rolls. That was quite an eye-opener.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Block
Glasgow
Only Time
Opening
Sausage
Time Me People
Time Enough Me
Star
Wars
Round
Longer
Queue
Rolls
Star Wars
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I don't come from a comedy background or a stand-up background, but I think that sometimes there's a misconception that an actor who works primarily in comedy is a comedian. There's nothing wrong with being a comedian, but I'm absolutely not that. I can't think of anything more terrifying than doing stand-up!
Darren Boyd / Actor
Comedian
Misconception
Absolutely Not
Terrifying
Primarily
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Sometimes, and I hate to say it, you do feel things are asked for in the most ludicrously unrealistic fashion. The time you are expected to make things in, and the money you are expected to make them for - that is the death of creativity. Just because some things can be made very cheaply does not mean everything can be.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Expected
Cheaply
Unrealistic
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Three and a half years in L.A. was enough for me. I would love to go back for short bursts if a film opportunity came up, but it's a unique place, and you can reach saturation point. For me it was a place where creative desire and ambition meets desperation. It's in the air; it's palpable - I just didn't want to be around that.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Ambition
Desperation
Love Opportunity Me
Bursts
Half Years
Meets
Palpable
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A friend of mine had died, and I went for an audition. It was weird and cathartic: the producer was very excited about the piece, but my brain wasn't working, and it all seemed really pointless and fickle. I told them I didn't want to be there any more, and left. It was the most terrifying and empowering audition experience I've had.
Darren Boyd / Actor
Cathartic
Died
Empowering
Fickle
Pointless
Audition
Producer
Terrifying
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