Damian Lewis has revealed his biggest acting regret as he opened up about his incredible career on Wednesday.
The Emmy Award-winning actor, 53, admitted that when he was in school he was “torn” between acting and sports as he “enjoyed both equally.”
The Homeland star said that when she was 16 she made the decision to pursue acting and attended the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
After graduating, Damian admitted that he became “quite impatient” and decided not to attend university because it wasn’t “quite fast enough” for him.
Now the British actor said he feels “a pang of regret” for not having attended university, but that he is currently “doing several Open University courses.”
Damian Lewis has revealed his biggest acting regret as he opened up about his incredible career on Wednesday.
The Emmy Award-winning actor, 53, admitted that when he was in school he was “torn” between acting and sports as he “enjoyed both equally”; in the photo 2012
Speaking to Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on their Guest on plate On the podcast, Damian said: ‘I always loved acting. I went to boarding schools, so I did a lot of sports. I played a lot of sports and acted a lot.
I guess I always felt a little torn about that. They’re two quite different worlds, two quite different groups of people doing those things, but I enjoyed both equally.
‘And then I was sixteen, when I thought this was it, I wanted to do it. I want to do it. And then I didn’t bother with university and went to the Guildhall School of Music and Melodrama, in the city. It’s in the Barbican.
“I was there three years. I just wanted to get on and do it, I think I was quite impatient, I felt like university might not be for me, not moving fast enough.
‘Occasionally I have a pang of regret and maybe I should have done three years at university, but generally I don’t, I’m quite happy to move on. And I’m doing several Open University courses.’
Damian First Kick began his career in 1995 when he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company starring in Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf before appearing in Jonathan Kent’s production of Hamlet.
The production of Hamlet was seen by Steven Spielberg, who later cast Damian in Band of Brothers in 2001, earning him a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of US Army Major Richard Winters.
From 2011 to 2013, Damian played Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody on the series Homeland, for which he won his first Primetime Emmy Award. and a Golden Globe in 2012.
The Homeland star admitted he was “pretty impatient” and decided not to attend college because it wasn’t “fast enough for him,” so he now feels “a twinge of regret.”
He said: “I just wanted to get on and do it, I was quite impatient, I felt like university might not be for me.” Every now and then I have a twinge of regret and maybe I should have done three years of college’; photographed in september
Damian added: “Overall I’m pretty happy moving forward.” And I am doing several Open University courses’; photographed in march
His performance as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and his fourth Golden Globe nomination.
Earlier this month, Damian looked unrecognizable while filming new WWII drama Pressure Camber Sands Beach in East Sussex.
The actor, who will play Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, sported a bushy mustache and hid his eyes behind dark sunglasses.
Damian was dressed in a khaki military uniform on set and was photographed chatting with the crew as they attached his microphone.
The upcoming film, which will also star Andrew Scott as Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg, follows the true story of the Normandy invasion and is based on the play by David Haig.
The synopsis reads: “In the seventy-two hours leading up to D-Day, all the pieces are in place except for one key element: the British weather.
‘British meteorological chief James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is called upon to deliver the most momentous forecast in history, which locks him into a tense standoff with the entire Allied leadership.
Damian Kick began his career at the Royal Shakespeare Company and during a production of Hamlet he was seen by Steven Spielberg, who later cast him in Band of Brothers in 2001; in the photo 2001
From 2011 to 2013, Damian played Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody on the series Homeland, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 2012; Pictured with co-star Claire Danes in 2013.
Earlier this month, Damian looked unrecognizable while filming new WWII drama Pressure Camber Sands Beach in East Sussex.
“Inadequate conditions could devastate the largest maritime invasion ever, while any delay risks German intelligence finding out.
“With only his trusted aide, Captain Kay Summersby (Kerry Condon), to rely on, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision falls to Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (Fraser).
“With just hours to go, the fate of the war and the lives of millions of people hang in the balance.”
The release date of the upcoming film has not yet been announced.