The Hollywood machine is unfamiliar to me and unfriendly. — Nigel Hawthorne Computers Copy Share Image
In America, people come up to me and say, 'Hi, Sir Humph!' — Nigel Hawthorne America Copy Share Image
I'm somebody who has a paucity of confidence as a person. — Nigel Hawthorne Confidence Copy Share Image
My father was a man very much like Arthur Winslow. He was a very stern man and very much the authoritarian figure. — Nigel Hawthorne Authoritarian Copy Share Image
In my mornings I can do what I like - go to art galleries, museums and things, go to lunch with people. — Nigel Hawthorne Art Copy Share Image
My private life has never been a secret. I've never been a closet queen. — Nigel Hawthorne Life Copy Share Image
I don't want to hear that Harry Belafonte is out there. It forces me not to see the audience as an anonymous… — Nigel Hawthorne Anonymous Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor. I've never been very warm towards doctors. — Nigel Hawthorne Doctor Copy Share Image
Acting gives me the opportunity to be fascinating on stage or, I suppose; properly speaking, pretend to be fascinating. — Nigel Hawthorne Acting Copy Share Image
I was always a supporting actor. It is nice to know one has the equipment to be a leading actor. — Nigel Hawthorne Actor Copy Share Image
Ian McKellen always said I should come out. But why? I make my living playing heterosexuals. — Nigel Hawthorne Actors Copy Share Image
I do a play a year, or every 18 months, and you get your comedies and your dramas, but you hardly get… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
On the stage you can get away with imposing the emotions on yourself, but with film it really has to come from… — Nigel Hawthorne Cinema Copy Share Image
I really ran away in 1951 from South Africa, where I lived with my mother and father - who was a doctor… — Nigel Hawthorne Doctor Copy Share Image
I had no financial support from my parents, but, I suppose, I did have moral support - although they really didn't know… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I can't grumble. I've been very content with the way things have gone. I may have minor quibbles as we all have,… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
There is nobody on earth who could totally impersonate Jack Lewis, because you may look like him from the front or from… — Nigel Hawthorne Earth Copy Share Image
Just as Jack Lewis could go through a whole life without meeting someone that he loved, so you can go through whole… — Nigel Hawthorne Career Copy Share Image
I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films,… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
One of the things about George III is that he was aware that the monarchy was slipping away. There was revolution in… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I did what every other actor did: there were agents all the way up the Charing Cross Road and up St. Martin's… — Nigel Hawthorne Actor Copy Share Image
I used to bury myself in character parts and put on a lot of makeup and use a lot of props. At… — Nigel Hawthorne Character Copy Share Image
I'm not looking at any stage stuff at all. I'm going to give that a break for a while, if not forever,… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I'm getting better, but I used to pull away from emotion, and from people. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
What I've learned is that the camera can get right into your soul, and you have to be ready for it. — Nigel Hawthorne Camera Copy Share Image
We've had other things come up in their place, but I don't think' anything beats morals. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Surprise! Surprise! An Academy Award nomination and suddenly you're outed? Did I mind? Oh, very, very much. — Nigel Hawthorne Academy award Copy Share Image
I am 65 now and the world is just ahead of me at a time when most people are retiring. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I used to get notes from directors, 'Please, Nigel, smile at the curtain calls.' I hate them so much. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
As the years have gone by, I have become more confident, but I'm still not completely at ease with myself. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
