Derek Jacobi

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often…

— Derek Jacobi

Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you…

— Derek Jacobi

I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to…

— Derek Jacobi

I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on…

— Derek Jacobi

I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him.

— Derek Jacobi

I don't think he's permanently affected me except in the sense that I miss him. I miss being him. Or trying to…

— Derek Jacobi

We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last…

— Derek Jacobi

There's never been any game plan or thread through my career. It's just happened that I've ricocheted from one interesting character to…

— Derek Jacobi

I shall miss all the people in it and the great fun we had doing it. I enjoyed playing the character very…

— Derek Jacobi

Knowing that we were doing good work and the stories were good. They were original and charming. They weren't particularly violent or…

— Derek Jacobi

I'd gone into that restaurant and sat down and the waitress had taken my order and everybody else had seen me with…

— Derek Jacobi

What was so good about it was that the set that they originally built stayed there, and weathered over the five years.…

— Derek Jacobi

You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your…

— Derek Jacobi