Quote by Andy Serkis

I never felt totally, 100%, patriotically English... I'd seen a lot of the world by an early age - sort of spent a lot of time traveling around Lebanon and I'd seen Babylon, and Damascus, and all sorts of places in the Middle East by the time I was ten. Then we'd return to Ruslip in West London... Done a fair bit of traveling really.

I never felt totally, 100%, patriotically English... I'd see

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This quote expresses the speaker's personal experience of feeling disconnected from a strong sense of English patriotism. The speaker mentions having had the opportunity to travel extensively at a young age, visiting various Middle Eastern countries and witnessing different cultures. This exposure to diverse places and perspectives has contributed to a feeling of not fully embodying a strict patriotic identification with England. The speaker's contrasting experiences of traveling and returning to the familiar surroundings of West London highlight the complex nature of their identity formation.

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