You can't do something that is morally vacuous or dysfunctional and then write it off saying, 'It wasn't my film, I was just doing a job in it.'
Damian LewisI don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.
Damian LewisI was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.
Damian LewisYou never know when you're taking a job, ever... but you try to take good scripts. That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available. Even then, it's not [really] in your control. Certainly not in film and TV, because there are so many other elements. You just have to take control of your own performance.
Damian Lewis