Lennie James
Lennie James
Lennie James is a British actor, screenwriter, and playwright. He has appeared in many films, including Les Misérables, Snatch, and Colombiana...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 October 1965
CityNottingham, England
interesting guy monologues
My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.
gates gave justifying liked playing tony until
One of the things I liked about playing Tony Gates in 'Line of Duty' was that I don't think he gave much thought to justifying his actions until he was under investigation.
craft good hire learnt
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.
broad funny people
I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
chasing inch notion officers villains
When I was growing up and watching 'The Sweeney,' the notion of police officers being an inch away from the villains that they're chasing was commonplace.
real hero people
If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.
jobs america bored
I will say that when I first came out to the States to work on 'Jericho,' that was the only time that I've ever been frightened about a job, because in America they tell stories over such a long time, and I was petrified that I'd get bored.
football thinking boxing
My favorite television show of all time is 'Hill Street Blues.' I think it's the show that is to television what Pele was to football or Muhammad Ali was to boxing.
jobs thinking talking
I don't usually like talking about acting or what my process is, and all those kinds of things, because I don't necessarily think it's helpful to talk about how I do my job.
sports school boys
I went to an all boys' school in South London and the only god was sport.
character television tvs
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.
thinking people guy
I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the actor that I strive to be. I like actors who work in that area and I like parts that allow me to work in that area.
generations actors tvs
I'm part of that generation that grew up watching TV, and being an actor was all about being on TV or being in films.
play long transition
I've written virtually as long as I've acted, it wasn't a sudden transition. I acted in my first play when I was 16 and I wrote my first play when I was 17.