Actor Quote by Bruce Robinson

“When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.”

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My problem with being an actor was that I was far too shy to actually do it.

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“Balls. We want the finest wines available to humanity. And we want them here . And we want them now .”

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“Dostoyevsky described hell as perhaps nothing more than a room with a chair in it. This room has several chairs. A young man sits…

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“We've gone on holiday by mistake”

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I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.

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I read 'The Rum Diary,' and I didn't really like it very much.

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