All Derek Jacobi Quotes
- We started filming in 1993 which was only four years after the fall of communism. The difference in Budapest over the last five years has… Been
- Real-life people are often the hardest to play, people that you recreate who have actually lived, because you have to live up to people's knowledge… Actually Lived
- 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 another. Any
- Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how… Conditions
- It's too hard a life for me. I could only do it - check out in that sense - if I checked out somewhere that… Check
- Sir Larry could be very strict and a disciplinarian, too. He had many faces; he wore many hats. But, ultimately, he loved the theater and… Actor
- Actors, I don't think, ever really grow up. I'm hoping that that rejuvenating process applies to me, too. It has so far. I've been very… Actor
- I had to think long and hard about what it would imply, what it would mean. Would it mean any alterations of one's lifestyle? Or,… Alteration
- I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're… Actor
- I never lose that terror of 'this is my last job, I'll never work again.' You can never relax and rely on whatever reputation you've… Built
- Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've… Been
- I am an actor and I live in the world of pretend in my working capacity. I live in the world of my imagination. Actor
- I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work… Acting
- I think that each character has fascinated and interested me enough to want to play him. Character
- I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those… Been
- I'm always conscious of the fact that I am part of a profession that is 80% permanently unemployed. So, to be working in any sense… Always Conscious
- I've been a professional actor now for 38 years. A long time. And it's wonderful to earn your living doing something that you love. To… Actor
- You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then,… Actor
- Reputation is fine but you have to keep justifying it. In a sense, it makes it harder because people's expectations of you are higher. So,… Becomes
- It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in… Acquired