James Purefoy
James Purefoy
James Brian Mark Purefoyis an English actor, producer and director. He is best known for portraying Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, former college professor-turned-serial-killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following and Solomon Kane in the feature film Solomon Kane...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth3 June 1964
patterns fans unexpected
Im not a big fan of patterns. I like the unexpected.
When you're unhappy, you tend to play up, don't you?
dieting
Dieting isn't complicated: if you eat 2,000 calories, you have to burn it off; simple as that.
good turning
British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.'
When I started acting, I used to read all the reviews.
As an actor you have to get used to receiving gentle little pies in the face.
home
Somerset is where I call home, and where I feel most myself.
famous
Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.
few tv
There are only a few TV networks that really invest in production in the way that I think they should. HBO, obviously, is one of them.
affairs business finding hotels people perverse studios
I think the business affairs people at the studios get some kind of perverse satisfaction in finding the worst hotels for actors to stay in.
love
I love all things Apple and have done since 1996.
divided life malibu massive parties weirdly
I do live a weirdly divided life, because I'm not a Hollywood superstar, I don't live on Malibu Beach, I don't do massive 'OK!' spreads, I don't go to premieres and parties that much.
travel work
I have to travel a lot for work.
people playing
I really like playing people who are exciting to watch and who burn brightly.