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> [It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you something - The Avengers is a good example... I fitted into that because I came from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/it-doesn-t-work-that-way-you-know-because-most-parts-that-you-think/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/patrick-macnee-27262_acting_it-doesn-t-work-that-way-you-know-becaus_62876.jpg)

> [They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and rather old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/they-call-it-the-new-avengers-but-it-s-really-the-old-avengers-with/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

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## Other authors on Avengers

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-clark-gregg-24410.jpg) Clark Gregg 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avengers/clark-gregg/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-holland-91445.jpg) Tom Holland 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/avengers/tom-holland/)

## More by Patrick Macnee

> [It doesn't work that way, you know, because most parts that you think you'd do well, most other people don't. So they offer you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/it-doesn-t-work-that-way-you-know-because-most-parts-that-you-think/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and rather old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/they-call-it-the-new-avengers-but-it-s-really-the-old-avengers-with/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/these-things-don-t-just-come-arrive-and-settle-like-a-bird-picking-up/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/but-i-did-an-awful-lot-of-work-in-hollywood-and-in-new-york-for-that/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [The only danger about websites, you know, is people who remember something you did or said thirty or forty years ago, and bring it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/the-only-danger-about-websites-you-know-is-people-who-remember/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/until-the-year-1967-it-was-a-crime-for-which-you-could-be-put-in/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/i-like-most-of-the-humphrey-bogart-movies-because-they-had-to-act/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/the-radio-even-weren-t-allowed-to-say-there-was-a-holocaust-and/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [The strange thing about the English character is that they understate everything. It's considered bad form to comment on the food, money, romance, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/the-strange-thing-about-the-english-character-is-that-they-understate/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/well-you-know-i-was-through-the-whole-of-the-second-world-war-and-saw/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [I mean, everyone says Citizen Kane. It isn't that great, anyway. And Orson Welles I knew well, of course. He made other incredible films…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/i-mean-everyone-says-citizen-kane-it-isn-t-that-great-anyway-and/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/i-went-to-acting-school-but-only-for-nine-months-if-you-re-an-actor/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [And there was a very famous man called Michael Powell, who probably is the greatest director all round, except possibly a couple of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/and-there-was-a-very-famous-man-called-michael-powell-who-probably-is/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [I was producing a series about Sir Winston Churchill, about which I was extremely proud, and earning a lot of money as a producer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/i-was-producing-a-series-about-sir-winston-churchill-about-which-i/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

> [Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-macnee/accomplishment-is-such-a-patronizing-dangerous-word-isn-t-it-i-haven/)

[Patrick Macnee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-macnee/)

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