The best way to get people to accept you is to move about the community and show them there's nothing to be… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I don't have the vocal dexterity, nor do I have the desire to put myself in among the giants. — Nigel Hawthorne Desire Copy Share Image
I live in the country, and I have a very happy life. I just do the job and go home. — Nigel Hawthorne Country Copy Share Image
One advantage of doing Lear at 70 is that you don't have to play an old man. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I'm very pernickety about cast and make-up. Continuity things can go dreadfully wrong in film; the beards are different, red waistcoats become… — Nigel Hawthorne Blue Copy Share Image
I would never shortchange an audience. I believe in doing every single performance with as much integrity and concentration and feeling as… — Nigel Hawthorne Audience Copy Share Image
I had my doubts about 'Yes, Prime Minister' being successful in the U.S. because your system of government is so different than… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I went into acting because I was hiding from myself, and although acting has become more of a habit now, I think… — Nigel Hawthorne Acting Copy Share Image
I really don't like talking about me - me as me, that is. Me in relation to what I do is another… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Alan Bennett is a very quirkish man. He laughs in a self-effacing way, which stops you getting close. If you embrace him,… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I know people say plays are only an evening's entertainment. But you can make it mean a lot to the audience, even… — Nigel Hawthorne Actor Copy Share Image
If I hadn't done 'Shadowlands,' which was a sort of emotional release for me as a person as well as an actor,… — Nigel Hawthorne Actor Copy Share Image
Trevor and I had been going to awards ceremonies for years. People knew. Look, if you don't get married by age 65,… — Nigel Hawthorne Age Copy Share Image
My whole career has been a struggle for dignity and justification, to prove that I'd made the right decision to be an… — Nigel Hawthorne Actor Copy Share Image
I've never been afraid of being vulnerable on stage. It's a large part of life, and I think it's being dishonest to… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I would never have told my father a lie. We were brought up to be very truthful. I would never lie today.… — Nigel Hawthorne Father Copy Share Image
I think you start in middle life to recognize your vulnerabilities, if you're lucky. You admit them and people find that interesting. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
It's like the Boy Scouts' motto, be prepared. You've got to be ready when the moment is offered. If you're not, you… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I've been a homosexual all my life. My partner and I don't want to stand up and say we're gay, because we… — Nigel Hawthorne Gay Copy Share Image
My father was a Victorian product. He didn't marry until he was over 40. I knew him more as a grandfather than… — Nigel Hawthorne Father Copy Share Image
I started to admit vulnerabilities and things that I was trying to hide before. Shyness, anxiety, guilt and all those things that… — Nigel Hawthorne Guilt Copy Share Image
When you set yourself up to be apart from rest of mankind, you're in danger of crashing further than they ever could.… — Nigel Hawthorne Danger Copy Share Image
People still talk about 'Yes, Minister.' Americans, too; they love it. It was a happy period for me and it did change… — Nigel Hawthorne Change Copy Share Image
