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Charles Dance

(1946–1863) Television Actor

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Charles Dance was a television actor, best known for A morning call.

Quick Facts About Charles Dance

Born: October 10, 1946
Died: January 1, 1863
Profession: Television Actor
Notable works: A morning call

About Charles Dance

Walter Charles Dance OBE is an English actor. He is known for playing intimidating, authoritarian characters and villains. Dance started his career on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) before appearing in film and television. For his services to drama he was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Charles Dance · Page 2

Audiences seem to have a limitless appetite for vampires and for fantasy in general. Unlike many other British actors, I haven't been…

Actor

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We had five goats, two dogs, a cat and racks of commentaries on Shakespeare.

Cat

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I like to keep up with London theatre, but it is a question of time.

Keep

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We need to look to our laurels a bit with television in this country. I don't think enough risks are being taken…

Being

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Most films are written and made with a hero around 35, or even 25.

Cinema

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The job is exactly the same, it just goes on for longer on TV. Most feature films are 35-40 shooting days. This…

Block

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I don't think I've ever been asked to act out bad sex. It's not my style. I've been blessed with good rhythm.

Blessed

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If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make…

Impression

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There is a huge fan base, they're very knowledgeable and very loyal. I was astonished - before I started working on the…

Book

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We get a successful television series or something, and next season they give you less time and less money, which is something…

Games

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I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.

Anyone

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Power is always a corrupting influence.

Always

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On an independent film you're lucky if you get one, but ostensibly the job is the same. There's very little difference, apart…

Audience

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My mother was a waitress in a Lyons Corner House, but she married up. She was keen on bettering herself. She taught…

Behave

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I've got a range as an actor! There was a time I played dramatic leading men.

Actor

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I am made Hand of the King which gives me an enormous amount of power, which I use quite ruthlessly - but…

Amount

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I've done maybe twelve of Shakespeare's plays. I was with the Royal Shakespeare Company for years. Whatever influence that has never leaves…

Aspects

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You have to be selfish to be an actor.

Selfish

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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,…

Attitude

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People think I have the benefit of a public school education. I have this suave and debonair label, but really, I'm as…

Benefit

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A handful of older, romantic leading men, like Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, and Robert Redford are still landing parts.

Handful

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I like approbation. Any actor who tells you they don't is lying.

Actor

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I love the Restoration. It's a bit like coming out of the John Major era into the optimism of Tony Blair.

Bit

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Power is always a corrupting influence. In this mythical time - let's call it medieval, feudal - people in power are dictatorial…

Influence

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I've done a couple of fan conventions and [the fans] are legion. They're rather like Star Wars or Star Trek fans. We're…

Conventions

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