David Suchet

When I was 16, I made some little 35mm documentaries about the poor in London. I went round Notting Hill, which was…

— David Suchet

I'm never bored, never ever bored. If I've got a day off I'll sit in a cafe and watch and observe. I'm…

— David Suchet

When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And…

— David Suchet

I'm really into my photography and am trying to catch up with digital generation - I was used to the old 35mm…

— David Suchet

When I was 16, I played Macbeth at school and my English teacher said, 'I think you may have acting talent. Try…

— David Suchet

There are clues in the script... he will say "I think drugs are immoral"'... but the guy who says that kills, tortures,…

— David Suchet

It's an honour to have such a wonderful international cast on board for this world famous murder mystery. Writer Stewart Harcourt has…

— David Suchet

When I was 18 and not sure whether I wanted to be an actor, I realised that a playwright has no voice…

— David Suchet

I think it's very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity.…

— David Suchet

I became fascinated by the fact that people write to give away rather than write to be read. It's the difference between…

— David Suchet

I am very traditional as a man. I am not modern and never have been. I think I was born 50 years…

— David Suchet

Deep inside, I am desperate to do comedy.

— David Suchet

I can't try to convert anybody. It's not in me to do that. But my faith has given me such an appreciation…

— David Suchet

I love seeing my characters big up there and I would have liked to have reached a different public in movies from…

— David Suchet

“This is one of the great charms of Poirot’s investigations, for they reveal a world where manners and morals are quite different…

— David Suchet

My fun as an actor and my task as an actor is to transform myself to become other people. I enjoy becoming…

— David Suchet

As I say, there's something that scares the hell out of me but it really makes me work hard in losing myself.…

— David Suchet

Inevitably, every part an actor plays contains some of himself.

— David Suchet

Although I'm a very emotional man, I just can't have blind faith, I have to find out for myself,

— David Suchet

I'm 64 years old, and I've been acting now for 42 years. Only recently have I thought to myself, 'Hmmm, it may…

— David Suchet

I suppose I could be accused of taking acting too seriously and losing the fun of it. I do take my work…

— David Suchet

I'm three-quarters Russian, so I've always felt an outsider. But I don't think you can be in a play with John Of…

— David Suchet

In The Godfather, for instance, they say they won't deal drugs because they have a code of behaviour. He is the last…

— David Suchet

I love playing real people. It's a huge challenge and responsibility which I take on board and which I relish. It also…

— David Suchet

I think I've grown up in an era where character acting on film has become less desirable for the producers and directors…

— David Suchet