Jamie Dornan Quotes

I don't like my physique. Who does? I was a skinny guy growing up, and I still feel like that same skinny kid.

I'm a feminist at heart, and I'm totally aware of why people have an issue with this show.

I’m quite hyper, and my wife would prefer it if I sat down and read a book.

You want roles that challenge you and that scare you a little and where you can really discover something, even about yourself, that maybe you didn't understand.

I guess I'm just lucky with my genes.

It's not like I cleaned up with girls. I always looked young and I was very small; I hated being 'cute.'

I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.

I dont like myself without a beard.

Everyone likes a bit of competition.

It's a tiny industry. Actors all know each other to a point where you always know someone who knows the other person who worked with them.

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible.

I’d like to do a job where I don’t have to tie women to beds.

I was and still am a massive fan of [Murphy] Cillian's work - always have been. Obviously he's a great deal older than me, so I've sort of grew up watching Cillian's work. But I'm very much a fan.

Mass appreciation doesnt always equate to something good.

I got to watch Anthropoid with this Czech audience and the story means so much to the Czech people so watching it with that audience was kind of terrifying but they responded very well.

I'm probably the worst person for 'Men's Health' to interview.

Jamie Foley - he's a very different energy to [director] Sam [Taylor-Johnson]. The whole experience was actually quite different.

I don't have specific people. There are so many people that I admire and there's directors that I'm desperate to work with that haven't even made a movie yet, probably.

I am never going to please all 100 million people who read the book. I'll be lucky if half that number are happy with me playing Christian Grey. I know there are campaigns of hate against me already.

I’d been auditioning for parts for years, I never got any better at it. I’m crap at auditions.

That tag - underwear model - I just can't get rid of it. And it's such a bizarre, specific thing - underwear. It's like I never modelled clothes.

Fairytales are stories that span every generation and they've been around for a long time.

There's very exciting directors who haven't made a feature yet. That's what's cool about the job - the ever-changing landscape of people you could potentially work with.

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

The man is meant to be the alpha in the relationship on the money and power front.

It's funny how you get a bit older and become more accepting of things. When you're in your twenties, you're skeptical of everything. I definitely felt like that.