Quotes by Oliver Jackson-Cohen - Page 1

Everyone wants to see someone shoot someone in the head.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
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Acting gives me an adrenalin rush I don't get from anything else.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Adrenalin
Anything Else
Rush
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I love Dior and Commes des Garcons, but I can't really afford them.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Dior
Afford
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You work with seasoned actors, and sometimes you realize that they phone it in.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Actors
Phones
Sometimes
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On network, you have limitations for how raunchy it can get and how violent it can get.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Limitation
Violent
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I rarely watch TV, and in the past two years, I've done three TV shows. It's quite interesting.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Past
Tv Shows
Years
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I went to a French school, so we didn't study Bram Stoker there. I just thought it was a genius thing.
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Genius
School
Study
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Nowadays, everything is so gratuitous. The violence is suggested, and it's much more impactful than showing everything.
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There are so many sitcoms. So, when you get to be a part of something that feels exciting to you, you just want to be a part of it.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Exciting
Feels
Want
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Dracula isn't just another vampire show. It's something entirely different that I personally feel I've never seen on American TV before.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Different
Tvs
Vampire
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Vampires have been romanticized, and this is bringing it right back to being vampiric. I think there's something sexy and raw about that.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Sexy
Thinking
Vampire
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I went to the premier of 'Stardust,' which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. I nearly died when I saw her on the red carpet - she's so beautiful.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Carpet
Red Carpet
Stardust
Nearly
Michelle
Premier
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I'm perfectly honest, I've never seen Twilight, I've never seen The Vampire Diaries, and I've never seen True Blood, or anything like that.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Blood
Twilight
Vampire
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I haven't ever seen a period drama that has a fantasy element to it, that's set in London, that's as lavish as it is, and that's made for American TV.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Drama
Elements
London
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I had this maroon 'Lion King' tracksuit that my mum couldn't take off me. I wore it until the sleeves ended at my elbows and the trousers ended at my knees.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Elbows
Lion King
Mum
Sleeves
Trousers
Ended
Lion
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For a long time, I so badly wanted to work with Jeremy Piven, and I ended up on 'Mr. Selfridge' with him. He was such a character - so brilliant to work with.
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Brilliant
Badly
Time Work Character
Mr
Ended
Work Time Character
Jeremy
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I think it's very rare, as an actor, that you get to a script, or an idea of a script, and you go, "Oh, I just have to do that!" It fell into place very quickly.
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Actors
Ideas
Thinking
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It was just hilarious how my first reaction was, "Oh, no, it's another vampire show. I'm not interested." And then, I read the script and thought it was brilliant.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Firsts
Scripts
Vampire
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As the show [Dracula] goes on,Jonathan Harker gets darker and darker, and further into that side of it all. All of the worlds end up colliding and meshing together.
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Goes On
Together
World
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We read the [Dracula] scripts, but Jess [De Gouw] and I are completely taken out of the hunts and anything with Van Helsing. We're just living our lives, as our characters.
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Character
Scripts
Taken
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When I started acting, everyone told me to get a backup in case it didn't work out; if there was something else I could have done, I would have done it. Acting should never be your chosen path if you can help it.
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Backup
Chosen
Work Out
Work Path Me
Something Else
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When I read the script, I said to one of the producers, "I know you probably want Jonathan Harker really fluffy, but I'm not gonna do that. It needs to be a mask. There needs to be a duel between Harker and Dracula."
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Fluffy
Needs
Want
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we'll figure it out later on.' So there have been a few tricky moments. I once said I could ride, when the truth is I'm terrified of horses, but I got the job!
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Terrified
Tricky
Truth Is
Audition
Horses
Ride
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It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role. I don't actually mind working out, but it's the diet: I'm half-French, so I love my food, and boiled chicken breast for breakfast is not my idea of a good meal.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Diet
Breakfast
Love Good Food
Action Film
Bulk
Chicken
Good Meal
Meal
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I think it's a blessing that the show [Dracula] is on a network because it forces everyone to use their imaginations and be creative. The power of suggestion comes back. So, in the sex scenes, no one is ever fully naked, but I feel the suggestion is so much sexier.
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Blessing
Sex
Thinking
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I've been offered quite a few network shows, over the past couple of years, and always turned them down because I never wanted the commitment. The way that it works in America, you do a pilot and then you wait, and I just thought that wasn't really what I was interested in doing, in that moment.
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Commitment
Couple
Past
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There's so much fakeness in the fashion world, but Mum and Dad have always given us a good work ethic and were quite worried at first about whether I could make a living from acting. They've been together for 29 years and share the same values. I really do want to have that kind of marriage myself.
Oliver Jackson-Cohen / Actor
Fashion World
Good Work
Mum
Work Ethic
Worried
Work Good Marriage
Ethic
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