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Ian McDiarmid

"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."

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"I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play."

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Akiroq Brost

"That is just what life is when it is beautiful and happy - a game! Naturally, one can also do all kinds of other things with it, make a duty of it, or a battleground, or a prison, but that does not make it any prettier."

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Akiroq Brost

"I can play every instrument there is, every horn, I've played all the saxes and trumpets and everything and keyboards."

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Akiroq Brost

"I dare anyone to play like Charlie Watts."

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Akiroq Brost

"I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective bands other members from those bands all sort of changed round. It was a big sort of move thing. I got it from that, I suppose."

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Akiroq Brost

"I play in the low 80s. If it's any hotter than that, I won't play."

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"I usually play disenfranchised youth."

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Akiroq Brost

"For anyone with half a brain they can see that this play is about the human condition."

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Akiroq Brost

"The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different."

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Akiroq Brost

"Studios are passe for me. I'd rather play in a garage, in a truck, or a rehearsal hall, a club, or a basement."

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Akiroq Brost

"When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her."

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"Consistency is very important when you're making films."
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"And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me."
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"If you got the DVD you can see that George Lucas has taken that person out, as well as the voice, and we shot this scene when we arrived in Australia during the actual filming of Episode 3."
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"There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double."
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"To start your life as a character of 120 years when you are in your late thirties, and then go back in time about 20 years later to play the same character who is your own age then, its very complicated, but very interesting."
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"When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room."
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"It was a scene I was really looking forward to, and one that I embraced, and when we were filming it, George got closer and closer and closer with that camera - he was practically up my nose for the final shot. So I knew it was a moment that I had to do my best to get right."
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"That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance."
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"I'm the blackest villain of all time."
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"For me it's even more interesting, because my character comes out of the shadow. It's a chance to really act emotionally, because the situation is an extreme one."
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