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> [It's a question of keeping one's eyes and ears open and watching how other people play the game. They're watching me too, to see what my attitude is like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/it-s-a-question-of-keeping-one-s-eyes-and-ears-open-and-watching-how/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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## More by Charles Dance

> [I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-was-a-window-dresser-for-burton-s-once-what-really-put-me-off-was/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [The quality of writing attracts me to films, also who the other actors are, who the director is, where it's being shot. Any or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/the-quality-of-writing-attracts-me-to-films-also-who-the-other-actors/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/you-have-to-attempt-to-be-objective-about-yourself/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [If you get a bad script, then you start expending energy trying to make a silk purse of a sow's ear. When the script's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-you-get-a-bad-script-then-you-start-expending-energy-trying-to/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-phoned-this-number-and-said-please-sir-i-want-to-be-an-actor/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/most-feature-films-are-35-40-shooting-days/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [My face lends itself to austere characters, and unless they're two-dimensional, I will do them. Any actor will tell you that an interesting villain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/my-face-lends-itself-to-austere-characters-and-unless-they-re-two/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [When you have a label stuck on you, people tend to believe it. If someone calls you suave and debonair, you only get offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-have-a-label-stuck-on-you-people-tend-to-believe-it-if/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [I would have liked to have worked with Ralph Richardson and Paul Scofield, but they're dead now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/i-would-have-liked-to-have-worked-with-ralph-richardson-and-paul/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [If I was to put a little flag in everywhere I've been in the world, there'd be a lot of little flags.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/if-i-was-to-put-a-little-flag-in-everywhere-i-ve-been-in-the-world/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [When you get to a certain age, the work begins to thin out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/when-you-get-to-a-certain-age-the-work-begins-to-thin-out/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/actors-can-t-retire-if-actors-retired-there-would-be-nobody-left-to/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [ Because \[writers\] Dan Weiss and David Benioff have done such a great job in adapting them, that's what we work with. It serves no… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/because-writers-dan-weiss-and-david-benioff-have-done-such-a-great/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [There is a huge fan base; they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the series, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/there-is-a-huge-fan-base-they-re-very-knowledgeable-and-very-loyal-i/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

> [We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dance/we-have-to-take-risks-in-british-television-it-has-to-stop-playing-to/)

[Charles Dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dance/)

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