"At the end of the day, acting is……" — Pete Postlethwaite
"At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it. You may enjoy it, or it will disturb you."
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11 Quotes by Pete Postlethwaite
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It’s like coming back to the womb. I’m coming back to my mum and it’s wonderful to see her. It’s…
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There are bound to be deniers. Whenever you set up a thesis there's bound to be somebody who comes the…
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I refuse to be typecast, and I'll have a go at anything so long as it's different, challenging, hard work…
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Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not…
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I couldnt imagine living my life with another name.
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Truth is I thought it mattered. I thought that music mattered. But does it? Bollocks! Not compared to how people…
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I'm not a practicing Catholic now. I didn't like what the church was doing with what Jesus had said, in…
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I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do things that are…
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I was born and bred a Catholic. I was brought up a very strong Catholic - I practiced in a…
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When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They…
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world's definitions.
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
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I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity.
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