Top 30 Blinders Quotes

In the States a lot of Hispanic and black audiences are gravitating towards ‘Peaky Blinders.’ A mate of went into a bar in Santa Monica and sent me a photo of four blokes dressed as Peakies – they meet every week for a ‘Peaky Blinders’ evening.

I remember telling people I booked this job; they were like, ‘What is it called?’ I was like, ‘Peaky Blinders,’ and they were like, ‘What?’ It sounds ridiculous, but I like it because there’s an instant intrigue about the name.

My dad’s uncles were illegal bookmakers who were known in the area as Peaky Blinders, that’s the stories I heard.

My first real experience of acting was ‘Peaky Blinders.’ That was the most intense experience. In those situations you learn so quickly, and I did. My brother had the script for the second season – they had already done the first – and he said there was a great part for me.

I just try to do the best job I possibly can – put the blinders on, go to work and be the best you can possibly be. Once you have done everything that you possibly can – you’ve put forth your greatest effort – then I can live with whatever’s next.

I definitely binge watch. My schedule is so inconsistent and crazy and hectic that if I get a chunk of time, it’s like, ‘Oh, sweet, I have three hours. I’m going to watch three episodes of ‘Peaky Blinders’ right now.’

I’m sure there are some haters out there, but I just put my blinders on.

We all live with blinders on. They come with having a personal vantage point.

I’m obsessed with ‘Peaky Blinders.’ Those characters are awful, and yet you root for them. You love them! Same with ‘Breaking Bad.’

Real success is being totally indulgent about your own trip. You put your blinders on about the garbage and go full speed ahead.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

Being able to put your blinders on, ignore negative opinions, and follow your strong intuition is what’s validating to me. It’s a great feeling to know you can trust your gut.

I tend to be a fan of darker shows and love ‘The Americans,’ ‘Ray Donovan,’ ‘True Detective,’ ‘House of Cards’ and ‘Peaky Blinders.’

I’m a big Birmingham City supporter and seeing the fans dressed as Peaky Blinders is one of my proudest moments.

My mum was a bookies’ runner at nine years old and my dad’s uncles were Peaky Blinders and gangsters.

When you think ‘Peaky Blinders,’ when it first began it got mixed reviews and people didn’t know what to do with it, and it was like: ‘Why is there modern music on this?’ So I think whenever you do something different you’re going to get that response.

There’s an element of fantasy in both ‘Animal Kingdom’ and ‘Peaky Blinders’ but they’re both real in lots of ways.

But if you are going to wear blinders then you do not know the world.

It’s really important to me that ‘Peaky Blinders’ went down so well in Birmingham. Apparently the audience share in the West Midlands was double that of any other region.

Even when I was an actor in training, one criticism my teachers had was that I should think about directing instead of acting, because the best actors see the material they’re working on through blinders. They can’t see anything but their role. I could never really do that.

To become a big movie star like Joan Crawford, you need to wear blinders and pay single-minded attention to your career. Nobody paid attention to me, including me.

You have the most amazing Irish actors. Cillian on ‘Peaky Blinders.’ And the most amazing actress.

I am a criminal. Coming to terms with this aspect of my identity has helped me to see more clearly – with blinders off – the ways in which I have been encouraged not to feel any connection to ‘them,’ those labeled criminals. I see now that ‘they’ are me, and I am them.

My favorite outfit is like a ‘Peaky Blinders’ kind of look. I have a really old-man style.

You can’t be on the cusp of innovation and at the forefront of technology if you’re wearing blinders. If you don’t have an exploration program where you’re exploring your world here on Earth, underwater, and in space, then you’re wearing blinders and handicapping yourself.

Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.

When you’re an athlete, you’ve got the horse blinders on pretty thick. Your exploration of other things in life tends to be limited because you have to have such a focus on what you’re doing. I wasn’t a good enough player to stray from that focus and still keep my ability.

Part of the reason for doing ‘Peaky Blinders,’ apart from the fact that it was a personal story and I’ve always wanted to do it, was what was great I felt is that Birmingham is probably the least fashionable city in Britain.

I’ve always believed in experiencing everything in life. When you walk out with blinders on, you cut yourself off from the angels and the fairies.

I stayed in the East for about a year after I graduated. Then, I came out to Los Angeles and started knocking on doors and working my way up. This was the ’70s. I had been told how tough it was for a woman trying to make it in Hollywood, but I sort of had blinders on. I just did things anyway.