Jonny Lee Miller Quotes

You’re always looking for good scripts and when they’re not always forthcoming you go mad.

Theater is just so much more satisfying than film or television just because you deliver the whole thing from start to finish in one evening, and you can tell if people have enjoyed it or not. That’s great to do every night to go in front of a full room of people and tell the story. There’s nothing like that really.

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

The whole point of being an actor is to get satisfaction out of a role – unless you’re just vain about celebrity. You’re always looking for the one thing that will surprise you.

Some people can handle fame, some can’t.

Some kids are good at math, some kids can run, and acting was an interest of mine. Because I knew you could do it for a living I decided, that’s what I’m going to do.

New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But there’s no hustle and bustle, no street life.

If you’re serious about what you’re doing, you’ve got to keep your head and follow your instinct. Maybe you won’t reach the same dizzy heights as others, but you will get something back.

If I thought of myself as a movie star, I’d be an idiot. I don’t know anyone who thinks like that. I don’t even know movie stars who think like that.

I’d go anywhere to work, so long as it’s worth it.

I’m a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

I’m glad I don’t live in Primrose Hill any more. I couldn’t even walk through the park. You never invite that kind of attention.

I used a bike in London and that’s it. I learnt a lot about biking, and really got into. Now I cycle regularly.

I spent a couple of months just riding a bike doing my own training in the streets.

I really wouldn’t want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there, simple things like smells and the British sense of humor.

I like to play different types roles, but I’d like to do a comedy next.

I don’t want to talk about the specifics of other people’s performances compared with my own. I’d never do that.