Damian Lewis has revealed his one huge acting regret as he opened up about his incredible career on Wednesday.
The Emmy Award winning actor, 53, admitted when he was in school he was ‘split’ between acting and sports as he ‘enjoyed both equally’.
The Homeland star said at 16-years-old he made the decision to go into acting and went onto attend the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
After graduating Damian admitted he became ‘quite impatient’ and decided not to attend university as it wasn’t ‘moving quick enough’ for him.
Now the British actor said he has a ‘pang of regret’ for not attending university, but is currently ‘doing several Open University courses’.
Damian Lewis has revealed his one huge acting regret as he opened up about his incredible career on Wednesday
The Emmy Award winning actor, 53, admitted when he was in school he was ‘split’ between acting and sports as he ‘enjoyed both equally’; pictured 2012
Speaking to Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett on their Guest on Dish podcast, Damian said: ‘I always loved acting. I went to boarding schools, so there was a lot of sport. I played quite a lot of sport and I did lots of acting.
‘I suppose I felt a bit split always about that. They’re two quite different worlds, two quite different sets of people doing those things but I enjoyed both equally.
‘And then I was sixteen, when I just thought this is it, I want 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, down in the city. It’s in the Barbican.
‘I did three years there. I just wanted to get on and do it, I think it was quite impatient, felt like university might not be for me, not sort of be moving quick enough.
‘Every now and again I have a pang of regret and maybe I should have done three years at university but on the whole, I don’t, I’m quite happy with just getting on with it. And I’m doing several Open University courses.’
Damian first kick started his career in 1995 as he worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company starring in Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf before later going on to appear 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, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of U.S. Army Major Richard Winters.
From 2011 to 2013, Damian starred as Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the series Homeland, for which he won his first Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award in 2012.
The Homeland star admitted he was ‘quite impatient’ and decided not to attend university as it wasn’t ‘moving quick enough’ for him which he now has a ‘pang of regret’ about
He said: ‘I just wanted to get on and do it, I was quite impatient, felt like university might not be for me. Every now and again I have a pang of regret and maybe I should have done three years at university’; pictured in September
Damian added: ‘On the whole, I’m quite happy with just getting on with it. And I’m doing several Open University courses’; pictured in March
His performance as Henry VIII in Wolf Hall earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination.
Earlier this month, Damian looked unrecognisable while filming new WWII drama Pressure Camber Sands Beach in East Sussex.
The actor, who will play Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, sported a bushy moustache and hid his eyes behind dark sunglasses.
Damian was dressed in a khaki army uniform on set and was pictured chatting to crew while 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 off the stage 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.
‘Britain’s chief meteorological officer James Stagg (Andrew Scott) is called upon to deliver the most consequential forecast in history, locking him into a tense standoff with the entire Allied leadership.
Damian kick started his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company and during a production of Hamlet was seen by Steven Spielberg, who later cast him in Band of Brothers in 2001; pictured 2001
From 2011 to 2013, Damian starred as Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody in 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 unrecognisable while filming new WWII drama Pressure Camber Sands Beach in East Sussex
‘The wrong conditions could devastate the largest ever seaborne invasion, while any delay risks German intelligence catching on.
‘With only his trusted aide Captain Kay Summersby (Kerry Condon) to confide in, and haunted by a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal, the final decision rests with Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (Fraser).
‘With only hours to go, the fate of the war and the lives of millions hang in the balance.’
The release date for the upcoming film is yet to be announced.
