Alfie Allen Quotes

I am not a cop. Really. I've just been playing one on television so long that people get a little confused sometimes.

I am Damian Lewis, not Daniel Day-Lewis.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

People always think I'm Amy Poehler, which never bothers me. I mean, Amy Poehler is great.

When people come up to me and say, 'Oh my God - you're that character,' I feel like replying, 'No, I'm just like you; it's just a job.'

As a model you do play a certain role and you know as an actor you play another role.

Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.

A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.

Everyone thinks I'm on 'Mindhunter!'

Nobody knows my name. Nobody knows me at all, but they call me by the character of the last movie that I was in.

It is a fine line to be this PG superstar and also a role model and a bad guy and playing off our personality.

When Miranda first started becoming popular, not many people knew who she was. People were confused by her. They thought she was a real person. I got a lot of interesting responses.

Some people say, 'Oh, you look just like the guy from 'Stranger Things.' And I'm like, 'I am the guy.' And they think I'm totally joking.

The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.

Sometimes people come to my standup show, and they think they're going to see Doug Wilson. Or they see me on the street, and they call me Doug Wilson.

It's hard for people to differentiate between a character they see on television and a person who plays the character.

I enjoy watching Daniel Day Lewis, Jude Law, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey.

I'm fascinated by people who can keep who they are in the midst of this business, which is all about not only pretending to be other people, but also that perception of who you are and how successful you are and your standing in the business.

Everyone thinks I am exactly like the characters I play.

Something that is funny, that I use sometimes if I'm doing comedy, is the fact that I'm now often mistaken for the rapper Rick Ross. And I don't know that I've ever corrected anyone - like I've never said, 'No no, I'm not Rick Ross, I'm Black Thought from The Roots.'

I don't want to become a star. I never wished to become an actor, even when I am here. When you decide to become an actor, you've to choose why you're doing it. Are you doing it to become an actor or because you want to be famous? I am doing it because I love being in front of the camera.

I would really like it if someone knows me more for a character that I've played. If they call out the character's name instead of mine by mistake, it would be lovely.

I don't know how a hero feels, honestly. I feel like an actor; I wanted to be an actor. I always want to feel just like an actor. I don't know this 'hero' term.