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Happiness, ain't something you sit back and you wait for. anto | 27 | rome

For every person who thinks you’re “too quiet” there’s one who thinks you’re an amazing listener. For every person who thinks you’re “too clingy” there’s one who loves how much and how openly you care about others. For every person who thinks you’re “too weird” there’s one who admires how you dare to stand out from the crowd. For every person who thinks you’re “too sensitive” there’s one who respects you for being so in touch with your feelings. For every person who thinks you’re “too confident” there’s one who thinks your self respect is an inspiration. What’s a negative trait in one person’s eyes might be exactly what someone else is looking for. It’s not black or white.

I spent my 20s playing Romeo. Twice, literally, and then versions of it. So I was glad to move into my 30s and be in a place where I might be the villain. I’m used to playing a guy with a few bad characteristics. With that, you think, ‘What has made you this way?’ and you justify them. But what was interesting with Bodyguard was realising that… sometimes people are bad. Or they’re good, but they change. This character was fun because he’s manipulative and snide in his tactics, and a bastard. You’re being dark, and you’re not justifying it. I enjoyed playing that.

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I’m so overly optimistic to a fault, but this job has made me start questioning people’s motives. I have never been a cynical person. I’d rather trust nine people and have the 10th one stab me in the back. I’d take that fall in order to have those nine friendships or working relationships instead of having none. That’s not living.