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title: "2 Bryan Forbes Quotes - Famous Film director"
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# Bryan Forbes

(1926–2013)   Film Director

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Bryan Forbes was a film director.

## Quick Facts About Bryan Forbes

Born July 22, 1926

Died May 8, 2013

Profession Film Director

## About Bryan Forbes

English film director, screenwriter and actor (1926–2013)... \| Bryan Forbes was an English film director, screenwriter, film producer, actor and novelist described as a "Renaissance man" and "one of the most important figures in the British film industry".

##  Quotes by Bryan Forbes

> [“To want something desperately, to be tested, to feel that life will be impossible if the object of one's desires is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-forbes/to-want-something-desperately-to-be-tested-to-feel-that-life-will-be/)

Bryan Forbes

[Ambition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ambition/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0f/bryan-forbes-94412_ambition_to-want-something-desperately-to-be-test_1571197.jpg)

> [“Writing is one of the loneliest of the arts; unlike the actor we have no immediate audience and must wait many long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-forbes/writing-is-one-of-the-loneliest-of-the-arts-unlike-the-actor-we-have/)

Bryan Forbes

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/145/bryan-forbes-94412_art_writing-is-one-of-the-loneliest-of-the-a_1579312.jpg)

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