Matthew Lewis Quotes & Sayings

Leeds is quite laid-back. — Matthew Lewis

My parents are proud of me being an actor. — Matthew Lewis

I've acted since I was 5 years old, so that's still something I want to do. — Matthew Lewis

I mean, I must confess I don't own Harry Potter DVDs. My parents do. They have them all. And they like watching them. — Matthew Lewis

As long as I'm acting and doing what I love, I'll be happy. — Matthew Lewis

I think as an actor you're always learning, you're always trying to experience more things. — Matthew Lewis

I wasn't bullied or anything at school, but I was quite shy and didn't speak up too much in class. — Matthew Lewis

I was a short, chubby kid, pretty shy. — Matthew Lewis

I'm very self-conscious as an actor, with performances and things, and I don't like watching my own stuff. — Matthew Lewis

Guilt and true courage are incompatible... — Matthew Lewis

The great thing as an actor is that I don't know what my agent is going to call me with next. — Matthew Lewis

I have abandoned the world and its delights for ever: Nothing now remains, Nothing now has charms for me, but your friendship, but your affection. If I lose that, Father! Oh! if I lose that, tremble at the effects of my despair! — Matthew Lewis

I get too excited about football and rugby. — Matthew Lewis

I am fortunate that I get sent scripts and get to meet people I would never have met had I not done 'Harry Potter.' But I feel I had to come out of that show and prove that I am not a one trick pony and can do other stuff. — Matthew Lewis

Rupert Grint is exactly like his character Ron, in that they are both incredibly funny, friendly, and loyal. — Matthew Lewis

A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that. — Matthew Lewis

Having done television, I was used to either being aware whether I got the part within the same day, or within two, three days max. — Matthew Lewis

I never contemplated. I just went in there and did my acting. I never thought, "What's the character actually feeling here? What's he trying to get across?" And never looked at it from that classically trained actor's point of view. — Matthew Lewis

As an actor you really want to push yourself, and there's no better way than to do an intense drama. — Matthew Lewis

I think a lot of people can relate to that school is pretty lousy for a lot of people, and it just shows that you don't have to be perfect and you can still be a hero. — Matthew Lewis

I have no friend! The whole wide world cannot furnish a heart that is willing to participate in the sorrows of mine! — Matthew Lewis

Alan Rickman told me to do a play, so I did. Because when Alan Rickman tells you do something, you go and do it. — Matthew Lewis

One of the crucial things to the story of 'Harry Potter's' success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody. — Matthew Lewis

Twitter is the limit of me putting myself out there. — Matthew Lewis

You have to prepare for the unexpected. You have to be able to react to things that don't necessarily happen every night, or aren't supposed to happen every night. And you have to react to it in character. — Matthew Lewis

May I not safely credit her assertions? Will it not be easy for me to forget her sex, and still consider her as my Friend and my disciple? Surely her love is as pure as She describes. Had it been the offspring of mere licentiousness, would She so long have concealed it in her own bosom? — Matthew Lewis

I love making people laugh. — Matthew Lewis

I love playing football. I started playing for a school team, which is fun, and I play a lot of five a side. I nowhere near good enough to go professional but it's definitely one of my main hobbies. I play three times a week. — Matthew Lewis

I'm not a big fan of people knowing too much about me. — Matthew Lewis

The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of. — Matthew Lewis

The fame stuff, the kind words from websites and things, are very flattering and lovely, but I just wanna act. — Matthew Lewis

You don't get time to rehearse in film and TV at all. — Matthew Lewis

When you're a young man, a young boy, all you want to be is that action hero; you want to be the James Bond, and I got to do that for a bit, and that was great. — Matthew Lewis

There's not many people on the face of the earth that don't know Harry Potter is Daniel Radcliffe. He's had that since he was eleven years old, yet he hasn't changed since the day I met him. — Matthew Lewis

I've always been partial to comedy. I love the idea of working on a comedic scene. — Matthew Lewis

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. — Matthew Lewis

Approaching a comedy character is fun because you get to sit down with the director and ask, "What makes you laugh?" Then you end up bouncing ideas off each other. — Matthew Lewis

You know, girls in general are scarier than Voldemort. — Matthew Lewis

To be fair, when I started doing 'Verdict' I literally had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to do some theatre, as I wanted to do something different. I wanted to learn and get an understanding of the craft. — Matthew Lewis

I never went to drama school. — Matthew Lewis

It's always been my dream to be in a war film. — Matthew Lewis

I live in Leeds, which is about 200 miles north of London, and I get to go and do all the 'Harry Potter' stuff and make great films and be part of this wonderful thing all around the world, and then I get to go home and chill out with my friends in Leeds and go watch the football and go to the pub. — Matthew Lewis

As an actor, you always want to feel like what you're doing is making a difference to the story. — Matthew Lewis

I don't want to act as if 'Harry Potter' wasn't the most amazing thing because it truly was, but it's also great personally that I'm starting to see signs that I can move on from it and do other stuff that hopefully people enjoy. — Matthew Lewis

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere. — Matthew Lewis

With 'Verdict' I was away for six months, touring, with a week in each town. I did not really enjoy that aspect of it. — Matthew Lewis

If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I'll go and do that. I just want to work. — Matthew Lewis

I'm very comfortable being at home and keeping my head down, really. It's nice being invited to night clubs and stuff, which is nice once in a while, but I prefer to kind of keep to myself. — Matthew Lewis

I've got my life and 'Harry Potter,' where I travel the world, I make films, I meet amazing people, I do press junkets and stuff. And then I go back home to Leeds, where I live, and I've got the same friends from before. — Matthew Lewis

For me, 'Harry Potter' isn't something that changed my life. It's just something I did that was a lot of fun and I got to experience amazing things from. But my actual, personal life is the same. Or at least I like to keep it the same. — Matthew Lewis

I'm very much open to the possibilities. — Matthew Lewis

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now. — Matthew Lewis

I think actors tend to be in their element when they are pushed out of their comfort zone. — Matthew Lewis

I was offered 'Strictly Come Dancing.' I turned it down because that celebrity world is not what I'm into. — Matthew Lewis

I was never really bullied at school. I was pretty confident in terms of school work and teachers and I've never shyed away from much but a lot of people have come up to me and said that they were bullied at school and my portrayal of Neville has influenced them a lot in their lives and helped them out. — Matthew Lewis

Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly and roundly by its name; and the annals of a Brothel would scarcely furnish a greater choice of indecent expressions. Yet this is the Book, which young Women are recommended to study. — Matthew Lewis

I started to see acting as a real science. That really helped me grow as an actor. — Matthew Lewis

You can stay true to yourself and your friends, you can do the right thing, you can do with your life whatever you want to. I think that's a lovely message. — Matthew Lewis

You don't have to be a Brad Pitt look-alike hero just to be courageous and help out your friends and come through when it really matters. I think everyone can sort of relate to that in some way, particularly back to people's school days. — Matthew Lewis

What I've found is that stage is very much a foundation of acting. It's where it all began and you're working with that repetition. — Matthew Lewis

I'm very professional. — Matthew Lewis

You cannot but remember the lively enthusiasm which your discourse created. Oh! how I drank your words! How your eloquence seemed to steal me from myself! I scarcely dared to breathe, fearing to lose a syllable; and while you spoke, Methought a radiant glory beamed round your head, and your countenance shone with the majesty of a God. I — Matthew Lewis

There was never any point at which I was considering leaving Harry Potter. If I were to stop acting, it would have been after. — Matthew Lewis

I was nervous. I was thinking, 'Gee, he's Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.' But I enjoyed it, you know. That's what I got into acting to do - to push myself and see if I can do these things. — Matthew Lewis

I did enjoy theater. I actually do prefer making films and television, but it was a learning experience for me, because I got into television at 5 and film at 11, and theater was something I completely bypassed. — Matthew Lewis

I don't feel hunky at all. — Matthew Lewis