Quotes from Jeremy Strong

Being an actor adjacent to the media industry, I pay attention to that landscape.

What Adam McKay did with illuminating the financial crisis in 'The Big Short,' he's now doing with the media in 'Succession.'

I always think you can tell a lot about a person by how they talk to their cab driver.

Granny's eyes popped. 'You've got rabies? Oh dear.' She reached across the table and patted Mum's arm. 'Never mind, I've got some nice handcream upstairs.

It made me feel that bad things could happen but they didn't have to stay bad. Sometimes they could get better, with a bit of help.

can be very ungreat. 'And before you do any digging you can change the babies' nappies,' smiled Mum. 'Thank you,' I scowled. 'I'm just your slave really, aren't I?' 'Yes,' they answered. I turned round to find the twins and of course they'd vanished, hadn't they? They're always

I'm a scrappy outsider from Boston, so didn't have a privileged background at all like many in business.

It was the middle of winter, Con Edison had shut off my power, and I didn't have an agent. I made this VHS tape of some monologues, but I didn't even have the money for a MetroCard. So I walked the tapes 'round to the different agencies in town.

You feel a huge sense of responsibility when you're playing a real person.

'Lincoln' was a very sacred workplace. Everyone did a lot of research for that movie and wanted to show up informed and ready to enter that world.

I'm very lucky to have a very nurturing, close family.

I've always wanted to be part of stories about social justice - urgent, meaningful, substantial dramas.