Parenting & Family Quote by David Thewlis

There’s a disarming ordinariness to the way David Thewlis sells the machinery of a franchise: not with hype, not with tortured “art,” but with the plain pleasure of a job that didn’t feel like a job. “Such a nice time making it” is almost aggressively unglamorous, which is exactly why it lands. In an industry that trains actors to speak in grand narratives about craft and transformation, Thewlis offers the opposite: a testimonial about vibes, logistics, and people being decent to each other.

The intent is promotional, sure, but it’s also protective. By anchoring the experience in the crew - costume, makeup, “the kids” - he shifts attention away from star hierarchy and toward the set as a temporary community. That list works like a camera pan across the unseen labor that makes movie magic plausible. The inclusion of “make-up girls” reads dated now, but it also reveals how casually the industry used to gender whole departments; it’s a glimpse of the era’s default language embedded in a warm memory.

The subtext is reassurance: the franchise isn’t just continuing; it’s continuing with its morale intact. “I can’t wait to make the fifth one” is less about the number than about stability - a rare thing for actors who bounce between precarious gigs. And the punchline, “even my driver,” is a small, sly class tell: he knows the line between above-the-line privilege and everyday work, then chooses to blur it with gratitude. That’s how the quote functions culturally: a celebrity moment that tries, gently, to de-celebrify itself.