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- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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,…
- You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to…
- It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late…
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide