Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Dominic West

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Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Dominic Gerard Francis Eagleton West is an English actor. He is best known for playing Jimmy McNulty in The Wire (2002–2008) and Noah Solloway in The Affair (2014–2019), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor at the 2012 British Academy Television Awards for portraying serial killer Fred West in Appropriate Adult (2011), and he played Jean Valjean in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables. His film credits include Chicago (2002), 300 (2007), Punisher: War Zone (2008), John Carter (2012), The Square (2017), and Colette (2018). West is currently playing the role of Dr Chris Cox in the Sky One series Brassic (2019–present).

British - Actor | Born: September 3, 1968

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I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

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I've always wanted to play more comic parts.

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It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose.

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I like to believe there are ghosts all over the place!

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I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch 'The Wire.' Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

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I've hung out at dozens of playgrounds, bored out of my mind, with not even a look of comfort from disapproving mothers all around me. Either they think I'm a pedophile or a deadbeat dad. That's what I get for being a single dad - suspicious looks at the playground.

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Since I got married my wife doesn't really let me wear anything that I used to because she says I have no taste at all.

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I'm a rather crude cook.

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No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all.

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I look ridiculous in a three-piece suit - I'm too fat.

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My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

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Prince Charles is the best-dressed man in the world.

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If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life.

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The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.

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You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.

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For a straight man, I seem to have to kiss an awful lot of men!

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Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.

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People seem to think I'm Satan.

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I think I've got a funny face.

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I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap.

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Even though I'm English, I've all my life been heavily exposed to American television and culture in general.

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I'm not a great fan of green screen. It's not much fun for actors. It's great for directors and technical people and cameramen.

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No, I don't think 'The Wire' screwed up my career at all. It's the only reason people have heard of me. It's only been a huge, huge, very fortunate bonus.

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I'm only stopped by people in uniform, whether it's customs people, janitors, or the FBI - they all watch The Wire. Sadly, beautiful, glamorous women don't know anything about it.

Dominic West

People are born, they have a limited amount of time going around thinking life is dandy but then, inevitably, tragedy strikes and they realize life equals loss! The whole point of the game is to minimize the pain caused by that equation! Now some people do it by having kids, or making money, or taking up coin collecting, and others do it by getting wasted.

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Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Dominic West

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