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> [The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to learn their lines. The old timers used to say, "Be very careful, dear boy, what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/the-old-actors-in-the-old-days-they-used-to-go-on-tour-to-get-the/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

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## More by Tom Courtenay

> [ My emotional investment started when I read the first scene of the actual drama \[45 Years\]. I can't explain it, there's no logic to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/my-emotional-investment-started-when-i-read-the-first-scene-of-the/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [The film business is absurd. Stars don't last very long. It's much more interesting to be a proper actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/the-film-business-is-absurd-stars-don-t-last-very-long-it-s-much-more/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [When you're in a two-shot together, you can't be the same as when you're both in singles. Try as you will, it cannot be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/when-you-re-in-a-two-shot-together-you-can-t-be-the-same-as-when-you/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [My now-wife - we got together in '81, we married a few years after - she's been very good in the past about going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/my-now-wife-we-got-together-in-81-we-married-a-few-years-after-she-s/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [My occupation has been a great deal with David Foster Wallace, and he didn't manage it, and he was very much looking for something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/my-occupation-has-been-a-great-deal-with-david-foster-wallace-and-he/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [I'm not religious. I love what Clive James said the other day. James is a brilliant writer, but he keeps on writing poems on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/i-m-not-religious-i-love-what-clive-james-said-the-other-day-james-is/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [It was still quite late when I got married, 30s, I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/it-was-still-quite-late-when-i-got-married-30s-i-don-t-know/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [I don't want to peak too early. The worry is that you never know until it's all over whether you peaked at all -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/i-don-t-want-to-peak-too-early-the-worry-is-that-you-never-know-until/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [I keep saying that backwards is all you can see. You can't see front. My wife says, "Stop, you're always in the past." She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/i-keep-saying-that-backwards-is-all-you-can-see-you-can-t-see-front/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [There just doesn't seem to be a market for something with aspiration anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/there-just-doesn-t-seem-to-be-a-market-for-something-with-aspiration/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/i-never-did-anything-about-my-stardom-it-never-meant-anything-to-me/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/this-is-something-particular-to-actors-especially-in-plays-and-in/)

[Tom Courtenay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-courtenay/)

> [The old actors in the old days, they used to go on tour, to get the play ready for the West End, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-courtenay/the-old-actors-in-the-old-days-they-used-to-go-on-tour-to-get-the/)

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